Rationalising the use of polymerase chain reaction based tests for diagnosis of common viral infections of the central nervous system [3]

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 560-

  Chakrabarti, S ^a   Garvie, D ^a   RayChaudhuri, K ^a   Rao, G Gopal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; VIROLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036062092     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.7.560     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Effective use of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of central nervous system infections
2. Aseptic meningitis and encephalitis: The role of PCR in the diagnostic laboratory
3. Herpes simplex virus encephalitis in pediatrics: Diagnosis by detection of antibodies and DNA in cerebrospinal fluid