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First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus

Human Parechovirus (HPeV) infections are common amongst children, particularly neonates. However, data in adult cases are lacking. We report a unique case of HPeV meningoencephalitis in an adult complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus (RSE).

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Autores principales: Chimunda, Timothy, Subramanian, Rakhee, Smith, Julie, Mahony, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00475
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spelling pubmed-63070342018-12-27 First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus Chimunda, Timothy Subramanian, Rakhee Smith, Julie Mahony, Andrew IDCases Article Human Parechovirus (HPeV) infections are common amongst children, particularly neonates. However, data in adult cases are lacking. We report a unique case of HPeV meningoencephalitis in an adult complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus (RSE). Elsevier 2018-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6307034/ /pubmed/30591905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00475 Text en Crown Copyright © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus
title First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus
title_full First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus
title_fullStr First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus
title_full_unstemmed First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus
title_short First reported case of Human Parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by Refractory Status Epilepticus
title_sort first reported case of human parechovirus encephalitis in an adult patient complicated by refractory status epilepticus
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00475
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