Association between cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and enteroviral meningitis [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1491-

  Graham, A Katherine ^a   Murdoch, David R ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROVIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS; NEW ZEALAND; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 14944353493     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1491.2005     Document Type: Letter

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