title: [The clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of cytomegalovirus encephalitis in adults].
abstract: Described for the first time in Ukraine are eleven cases of encephalitis caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) in adults. Characteristic features of clinical presentation, laboratory and instrumental methods of investigation are presented with special emphasis being placed on predominant location of the pathological process in CMV encephalitis such as frequently encountered affection of the white substance of the brain predominantly in the paraventricular zones, significant intracranial liquor hypertension. Etiotropic treatment is to be prescribed in CMV encephalitis with gancyclovir (cymeven Roche) in the earliest periods of the course of the disease.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Konomemko
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004569:Electroencephalography; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral