Human parechoviruses as an important viral cause of sepsislike illness and meningitis in young children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-363

  Wolthers, Katja C ^a,c   Benschop, Kimberley S M ^a   Schinkel, Janke ^a   Molenkamp, Richard ^a   Bergevoet, Rosemarijn M ^a   Spijkerman, Ingrid J B ^b   Kraakman, H Carlijn ^b   Pajkrt, Dasja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PARECHOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NETHERLANDS; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEPSIS;

EID: 47549084075     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589752     Document Type: Article

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