Acute influenza virus-associated encephalitis and encephalopathy in adults: A challenging diagnosis

JMM Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Meijer, Wouter J ^a   Linn, Francisca H H ^a   Wensing, Anne M J ^a   Leavis, Helen L ^a   van Riel, Debby ^b   GeurtsvanKessel, Corine H ^b   Wattjes, Mike P ^c   Murk, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Corticosteroids; MRI; Oseltamivir

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMANTADINE; AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVETIRACETAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; PREDNISONE; PROPOFOL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85035804525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20533721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005076     Document Type: Article

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