Diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest Africa: A case series

In persons bitten by a stray dog, prompt administration of post‐exposure rabies vaccination, anti‐rabies immunoglobulin, and wound care can save lives. However, rabies is often fatal once the patient develops signs and symptoms. Here, we describe two fatal cases of rabies following a long delay afte...

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Autores principales: Boushab, Boushab Mohamed, Ahmed Benane, Hacen, Ould Baba, Sidi El‐Wafi, Basco, Leonardo K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9638069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36381052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6530
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author Boushab, Boushab Mohamed
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Basco, Leonardo K.
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description In persons bitten by a stray dog, prompt administration of post‐exposure rabies vaccination, anti‐rabies immunoglobulin, and wound care can save lives. However, rabies is often fatal once the patient develops signs and symptoms. Here, we describe two fatal cases of rabies following a long delay after dog bites.
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spelling pubmed-96380692022-11-14 Diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest Africa: A case series Boushab, Boushab Mohamed Ahmed Benane, Hacen Ould Baba, Sidi El‐Wafi Basco, Leonardo K. Clin Case Rep Case Report In persons bitten by a stray dog, prompt administration of post‐exposure rabies vaccination, anti‐rabies immunoglobulin, and wound care can save lives. However, rabies is often fatal once the patient develops signs and symptoms. Here, we describe two fatal cases of rabies following a long delay after dog bites. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9638069/ /pubmed/36381052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6530 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_full Diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest Africa: A case series
title_fullStr Diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest Africa: A case series
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest Africa: A case series
title_short Diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest Africa: A case series
title_sort diagnosis and management of rabies encephalitis in two patients in northwest africa: a case series
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