The importance of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of enterovirus infections of the central nervous system in children. Clinico- epidemiologic characteristics;Importancia de la reaccion en cadena de la polimerasa en el diagnostico de las infecciones del sistema nervioso central por enterovirus en la poblacion pediatrica. Caracteristicas clinicoepidemiologicas

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 227-230

  Pena, María José ^a   Bolaños, Margarita ^a   Del Carmen Pérez, María ^a   Del Mar Mosquera, María ^a   Trallero, Gloria ^b   Lafarga, Bernardo ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; Enterovirus; Pediatric population; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral culture

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0033127449     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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