Acyclovir-induced neurotoxicity with a positive cerebrospinal fluid varicella zoster PCR result creating a management dilemma: a case report

BACKGROUND: Varicella zoster virus central nervous system infections can present as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis, and vasculopathy. Diagnosis is based on identification of varicella zoster virus deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in the cerebrospinal fluid by polymerase chain reaction. Therap...

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Autores principales: Robertson, Kelli M., Harvey, Christopher L., Cunningham, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32943113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02498-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32943113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02498-3

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