Herpes zoster encephalitis: a rare complication in a nonagenarian

Tello, Tania; Galvez, Miguel; Varela, Luis F.; Tapia, Henry A.

dc.contributor.author	Tapia, Henry A.
dc.contributor.author	Tello, Tania
dc.contributor.author	Galvez, Miguel
dc.contributor.author	Varela, Luis F.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-25T16:59:38Z
dc.date.available	2019-01-25T16:59:38Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4911
dc.description.abstract	A 93-year-old bedbound woman with cognitive impairment was admitted with a 1-day history of herpes zoster (HZ) infection in the right S1/2 dermatomes, followed by fever and drowsiness. Physical examination revealed no neck stiffness, meningism or focal signs. Blood tests showed hypoalbuminaemia and lymphopenia. Conventional brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hippocampal atrophy and diffusion weighted imaging showed no acute infarctions. A polymerase chain reaction DNA microassay test of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was positive for varicella zoster virus. The patient received acyclovir intravenously, with a favourable clinical course...	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Age and Ageing
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	encephalitis	en_US
dc.subject	varicella zoster	en_US
dc.subject	nonagenarians	en_US
dc.title	Herpes zoster encephalitis: a rare complication in a nonagenarian	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx093
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.26
dc.relation.issn	1468-2834