Primary varicella zoster virus infection-related hemiparesis and fatal neurological complications in an immunocompetent girl

Natl Med J India. 2019 Nov-Dec;32(6):381-382. doi: 10.4103/0970-258X.303630.

Authors

Avinash R Deoshatwar¹, Sthita Pragnya Behera¹, Niraj Kumar¹, Brij Ranjan Misra¹, Hirawati Deval¹, Vijay P Bondre¹, Mahima Mittal²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Encephalitis, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Paediatrics, Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

PMID: 33380643
DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.303630

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Febrile Encephalopathy / diagnosis
Acute Febrile Encephalopathy / immunology
Acute Febrile Encephalopathy / therapy
Acute Febrile Encephalopathy / virology*
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Combined Modality Therapy
Fatal Outcome
Female
Glasgow Coma Scale
Herpesvirus 3, Human / immunology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification
Herpesvirus 3, Human / pathogenicity*
Humans
Paresis / diagnosis
Paresis / immunology
Paresis / therapy
Paresis / virology*
Respiration, Artificial
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / complications*
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / diagnosis
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / therapy
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / virology

Substances

Antiviral Agents