Case report: Zika virus meningoencephalitis and myelitis and associated magnetic resonance imaging findings

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 340-343

  Pradhan, Faruq ^a   Burns, Joseph D ^a   Agameya, Ahmed ^a   Patel, Avignat ^a   Alfaqih, Mohammad ^a   Small, Juan E ^a   Ooi, Winnie ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; PROPOFOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROCEPHALY; MYELITIS; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85026851674     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0921     Document Type: Article

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