Human herpesvirus 6 infection in febrile infants ninety days of age and younger

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 996-999

  Byington, Carrie L ^a   Zerr, Danielle M ^c   Taggart, E William ^b   Nguy, Long ^e   Hillyard, David R ^a,b   Carroll, Karen C ^a,b   Corey, Lawrence ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Human herpesvirus 6; Infant

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SUPERINFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

AGING; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036846807     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200211000-00004     Document Type: Article

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