Viral meningitis

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7634, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Logan, Sarah A E ^a   MacMahon, Eithne ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; VALACICLOVIR;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CELL TYPE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSURIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGISM; MUMPS; PERINATAL INFECTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 38149033010     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39409.673657.AE     Document Type: Review

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