Validation of laboratory screening criteria for herpes simplex virus testing of cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 721-724

  Hanson, Kimberly E ^a   Alexander, Barbara D ^a   Woods, Christopher ^a,b   Petti, Cathy ^c   Reller, L Barth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE STATUS; INFANT; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33947261643     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01950-06     Document Type: Article

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