Recurrent acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex in an immunocompromised patient: Can strain differences compensate for loss of thymidine kinase in pathogenesis?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 618-625

  Horsburgh, Brian C ^b   Chen, Shun Hua ^e   Hu, André ^c   Mulamba, Gilbert B ^e   Burns, William H ^d   Coen, Donald M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Neurovir   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031706306     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515375     Document Type: Article

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