MR imaging of adult acute infectious encephalitis;IRM des encéphalites aiguës infectieuses de l'adulte

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 195-205

  Bertrand, A ^a,b   Leclercq, D ^a   Martinez Almoyna, L ^c   Girard, N ^d   Stahl, J P ^e   De Broucker, T ^f  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Service de Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; HSV; Infection; MRI; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BK VIRUS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LISTERIA MENINGITIS; LISTERIOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MILD ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH REVERSIBLE SPLENIAL LESION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALITIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SYPHILIS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85014131460     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2017.01.002     Document Type: Review

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