Cytomegalovirus meningitis in an immunocompetent patient

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Rafailidis, Petros I ^a,b   Kapaskelis, Anastasios ^a,b   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; Ganciclovir; Herpes virus; Lymphocytic meningitis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548665295     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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