Adult herpes simplex encephalitis: Fifteen years' experience

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-147

  Riera Mestre, Antoni ^a   Gubieras, Laura ^a   Martínez Yelamos, Sergio ^a   Cabellos, Carmen ^a   Fernández Viladrich, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Modified rankin scale; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SPAIN;

EID: 62749140699     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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