High diagnostic yield by CSF-PCR for entero- and herpes simplex viruses and TBEV serology in adults with acute aseptic meningitis in Stockholm

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 914-921

  Franzen Röhl, Elisabeth ^a   Larsson, Kenny ^b   Skoog, Eva ^a   Tiveljung Lindell, Annika ^a,c   Grillner, Lena ^a,c   Aurelius, Elisabeth ^a   Glimåker, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049139921     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802235741     Document Type: Article

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