Neurological complications of varicella-zoster virus in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: Changes in prevalence and diagnostic utility of polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-135

  Corral, Iñigo ^a   Quereda, Carmen ^a   Antela, Antonio ^a   Pintado, Vicente ^a   Casado, José Luis ^a   Martín Dávila, Pilar ^a   Navas, Enrique ^a   Moreno, Santiago ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Human immunodeficiency virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0037300347     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280390173300     Document Type: Short Survey

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