Cerebrospinal fluid neutrophilic pleocytosis in hospitalized West Nile virus patients

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 470-472

  Crichlow, Renee ^a   Bailey, Jessica ^a   Gardner, Cameron ^a  

^a Montana Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; NEUTROPHILS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 16644372316     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.470     Document Type: Article

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