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Varicella-zoster virus associated encephalitis in a patient undergoing haemodialysis

We describe an elderly gentleman with end stage renal disease on haemodialysis who presented with ophthalmic zoster infection and was discharged on oral acyclovir. He presented again a few days later with confusion and expressive dysphasia. Differential diagnosis was mainly between varicella-zoster...

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Autor principal: Al-Mula Abed, Yasser W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865994
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2015.19