Multifocal leukoencephalitis caused by varicella-zoster virus in a child with leukemia: successful treatment with acyclovir.
Carmack
M A
MA
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5119.
Twiss
J
J
Enzmann
D R
DR
Amylon
M D
MD
Arvin
A M
AM
D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000212:Acyclovir