[Case report; A 81-year-old immunocompetent male case with severe varicella-zoster encephalitis: an autopsy case]

Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi. 2013 Feb 10;102(2):440-3. doi: 10.2169/naika.102.440.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

Tatsuo Mano¹, Yurika Endo, Takahiro Nakayama, Shigeo Murayama, Ichiro Imafuku

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 23767325
DOI: 10.2169/naika.102.440

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / complications
Autopsy
Brain / pathology*
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / complications
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / drug therapy
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male