Monitoring of herpes simplex virus in the lower respiratory tract of critically ill patients using real-time PCR: A prospective study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-363

  De Vos, N ^a   Van Hoovels, L ^a   Vankeerberghen, A ^a   Van Vaerenbergh, K ^a   Boel, A ^a   Demeyer, I ^a   Creemers, L ^a   De Beenhouwer, Hans ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Herpes simplex virus; Kinetics; Lower respiratory tract; Mechanical ventilation; Monitoring; Real time PCR; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 65449152629     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02704.x     Document Type: Article

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