CSF findings in 250 patients with serologically confirmed West Nile virus meningitis and encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Tyler, K L ^a,b   Pape, J ^c   Goody, R J ^a   Corkill, M ^d   Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^d Infection Control and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHILIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSMOLARITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 33646168269     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000195890.70898.1f     Document Type: Article

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