Meningitis associated with reactivation of varicella-zoster virus;Meningitt ved reaktivering av varicella zoster-virus

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2871-2873

  Mørch, Kristine ^a,c   Fylkesnes, Svein Ivar ^b,c   Haukenes, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Medisinsk Avdeling   (Norway)

^c Avdeling for Sykehushygiene ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY INFECTION; RADICULITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0642310441     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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