One swallow does not make a summer: Can herpes simplex virus-1 cause pneumonia and acute lung injury?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 865-866

  Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMATITIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 34247623559     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200701-133ED     Document Type: Editorial

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