Immunovirological Correlates in Human Rabies Treated With Therapeutic Coma
Immunovirological Correlates in Human Rabies Treated With Therapeutic Coma
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DOI:
10.1002/jmv.21785
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发表时间:
2010-07-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
Fooks, A. R.
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作者:
Hunter, M.;Johnson, N.;Fooks, A. R.
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to hospital and over the next 5 days developed a progressive encephalitis. Nuchal skin biopsy, analyzed using a Rabies TaqMan(C) PCR, demonstrated rabies virus RNA. She had a history in keeping with exposure to rabies whilst in South Africa, but had not received pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis. She was treated with a therapeutic coma according to the "Milwaukee protocol," which failed to prevent the death of the patient. Rabies virus was isolated from CSF and saliva, and rabies antibody was demonstrated in serum (from day 11 onwards) and cerebrospinal fluid (day 13 onwards). She died on day-35 of hospitalization. Autopsy specimens demonstrated the presence of rabies antigen, viral RNA, and viable rabies virus in the central nervous system. J. Med. Virol. 82:1255-1265,2010. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.