Why are young infants tested for herpes simplex virus?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 673-678

  Kara L Davis, ^a   Samir S Shah, ^b   Gary Frank, ^c   Eppes, Stephen C ^a,d,e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Herpes simplex virus; Neonate; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIXED INFECTION; NEWBORN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUNCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 64249102622     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318188773a     Document Type: Article

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