Incidence, outcome, and long-term consequences of herpes simplex virus type 1 reactivation presenting as a facial rash in intubated adult burn patients treated with acyclovir

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-89

  Fidler, Philip E ^a,b   Mackool, Bonnie T ^a   Schoenfeld, David A ^a   Malloy, Maryanne ^a   Schulz, John T ^a,b   Sheridan, Robert L ^a,b   Ryan, Colleen M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Herpes; Outcome; Rash; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACE; FEVER; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BOSTON; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0036632292     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200207000-00017     Document Type: Article

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