Two cases of herpes encephalitis with normal cerebrospinal fluid findings;Beyin omurilik sιvιsι bulgularι normal olan iki herpes ensefaliti olgusu

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 93-98

  Avkan Oǧuz, Vildan ^a   Yapar, Nur ^a   Sezak, Nurbanu ^a   Alp Çavuş, Sema ^a   Kuruüzüm, Ziya ^a   Sayiner, Arzu ^a   Ada, Emel ^a   Çakir, Nedim ^a   Yüce, Ayşe ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Herpes encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049193690     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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