Rapid diagnosis of herpetic meningoencephalitis by PCR;Diagnóstico rápido de la meningoencefalitis herpética mediante PCR

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 110-112

  Muñoz Almagro, Carmen ^a,b   González Cuevas, Araceli ^a   Cambra, Francisco José ^a   Juncosa, Teresa ^a   Mira, Aurea ^a   Latorre, Cristina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex; Meningoencephalitis; PCR; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG COSTS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2242457713     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0213-005x(02)72759-6     Document Type: Article

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