BKV-DNA and JCV-DNA in CSF of Patients with Suspected Meningitis or Encephalitis

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 374-378

  Behzad Behbahani, A ^a   Klapper, P E ^b   Vallely, P J ^b   Cleator, G M ^b   Bonington, A ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JC VIRUS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYELOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0347477338     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-003-3078-5     Document Type: Article

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