Removal of inhibitors of CSF-PCR to improve diagnosis of herpesviral encephalitis

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-65

  Ratnamohan, V Mala ^a   Cunningham, Anthony L ^b   Rawlinson, William D ^c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CSF PCR; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Inhibitors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE;

CELL LINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GLOBULINS; HERPES SIMPLEX; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM ALBUMIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0031842020     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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