Factors influencing PCR detection of viruses in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with suspected CNS infections

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-87

  Davies, Nicholas W S ^a,b   Brown, L J ^b,c   Gonde, J ^c   Irish, D ^c,d   Robinson, R O ^c   Swan, A V ^b   Banatvala, J ^b,c   Howard, R S ^c   Sharief, M K ^b   Muir, P ^b,e  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; JC VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; JC VIRUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 19944404405     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.045336     Document Type: Article

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