Acquired hydrocephalus caused by a variant lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Oct 9;166(18):2044-6. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.18.2044.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Hydrocephalus / virology*
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / diagnosis*
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / drug therapy
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / genetics
  • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • RNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
  • Ventriculostomy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • RNA, Viral
  • Vancomycin
  • Cefotaxime
  • Acyclovir