Severe West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in a pediatric renal transplant recipient: successful recovery and long-term neuropsychological outcome

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 836-839

  Lambert, S L ^a   Aviles, D ^a,b   Vehaskari, V M ^a   Ashoor, I F ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; pediatric kidney transplant; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACICLOVIR; CEFTAZIDIME; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84983379056     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12768     Document Type: Article

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