Empiric acyclovir is infrequently initiated in the emergency department to patients ultimately diagnosed with encephalitis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-105

  Benson, Peter C ^a   Swadron, Stuart P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 29444455240     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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