Human metapneumovirus RNA in encephalitis patient

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-470

  Schildgen, Oliver ^a,c   Glatzel, Thomas ^a   Geikowski, Tilman ^a   Scheibner, Bärbel ^a   Matz, Bertfried ^a   Bindl, Lutz ^a   Born, Mark ^a   Viazov, Sergei ^b   Wilkesmann, Anja ^a   Knöpfle, Gisela ^a   Roggendorf, Michael ^b   Simon, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 20044372894     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1103.040676     Document Type: Article

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