Fulminant, acyclovir-resistant, herpes simplex virus type 2 hepatitis in an immunocompetent woman

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1584-1586

  Czartoski, Todd ^a,c   Liu, Charlie ^a   Koelle, David M ^a,c   Schmechel, Stephen ^a   Kalus, Andrea ^b   Wald, Anna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMITRIPTYLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; VALACICLOVIR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 33645945267     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1584-1586.2006     Document Type: Article

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