Prospective analysis of 61 cases of enteroviral meningitis: interest of systematic genome detection in cerebrospinal fluid irrespective of cytologic examination results

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-35

  Henquell, Cécile ^a   Chambon, Martine ^a   Bailly, Jean Luc ^a   Alcaraz, Stéphanie ^a   De Champs, Christophe ^b   Archimbaud, Christine ^a   Labbé, André ^b   Charbonné, Françoise ^a   Peigue Lafeuille, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalo Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical diagnosis; Enterovirus; Genome detection; Meningitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; ENTEROVIRUS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NEUTROPHILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0035112146     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00176-1     Document Type: Article

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