Clinical Spectrum and Laboratory Characteristics Associated With Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1347-1352

  O'Sullivan, Cathal E ^a,b   Aksamit, Allen J ^a   Harrington, Jeffrey R ^a   Harmsen, W Scott ^a   Mitchell, P Shawn ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0242349558     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.11.1347     Document Type: Article

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