Detection of enteroviruses in the cerebrospinal fluid by polymerase chain reaction: Prospective study of impact on the management of hospitalized children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Spicher, Virginie Masserey ^a   Berclaz, Pierre Yves ^a   Cheseaux, Jean Jacques ^b   Morandi, Pierre Alain ^a   Suter, Susanne ^a   Wunderli, Werner ^a   Siegrist, Claire Anne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0034000834     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280003900402     Document Type: Article

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