Persistence of herpes simplex virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of neonates with herpes simplex virus encephalitis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-296

  Mejias A ^a   Bustos, R ^b   Ardura, M I ^a   Ramirez C ^a   Sanchez P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DNA, VIRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 63649106839     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.235     Document Type: Article

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