Viral meningitis

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 75-76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Chadwick, David R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enterovirus; Herpesvirus; Meningitis; Meningoencephalitis; Viral; Virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; AMANTADINE; ANTISERUM; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CIDOFOVIR; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; NUCLEIC ACID; PLECONARIL; RABIES VACCINE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FLAVIVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; MUMPS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VACCINATION REACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 33750914863     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldh057     Document Type: Article

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