Factors associated with delay to acyclovir administration in 184 patients with herpes simplex virus encephalitis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 560-564

  Poissy, Julien ^a,j   Wolff, M ^b   Dewilde, A ^c   Rozenberg, F ^d   Raschilas, F ^e   Blas, M ^a   Georges, H ^f   Chaffaut, C ^g   Yazdanpanah, Y ^a,h,i  

^a Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^e CHU   (France)

^f Service de Reanimation et Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

^g SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^h IESEG School of Management   (France)

ⁱ UNIV LILLE   (France)

^j CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

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Author keywords

Acyclovir; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; THERAPY DELAY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 67651043887     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02735.x     Document Type: Article

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