Optic neuritis following Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis in immunocompetent children: A case report

Neurologia. 2017 Mar;32(2):129-131. doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2015.03.016. Epub 2015 Jun 11.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

F Bazzino Rubio¹, M Gonzalez Betlza², G Gonzalez Rabelino³, O Bello Pedrosa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pediatría, Sanatorio Americano, Infectología Pediátrica, Facultad de Medicina UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Pediatría, Sociedad Médico Quirúrgica de Salto, Uruguay.
³ Neuropediatría, Facultad de Medicina UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay.
⁴ Pediatría, Intesivismo, Neonatología, Emergencias, Consultoría Sociedad Médico Quirúrgica de Salto, Uruguay.

PMID: 26073488
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2015.03.016

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Encephalitis, Viral / diagnosis*
Encephalitis, Viral / drug therapy
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / diagnosis*
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / drug therapy
Female
Herpesvirus 4, Human
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Optic Neuritis / diagnosis*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antiviral Agents
Dexamethasone
Acyclovir