Monitoring of herpes simplex virus DNA types 1 and 2 viral load in cerebrospinal fluid by real-time PCR in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1432-1437

  Schloss, Lottie ^a,b   Falk, Kerstin I ^a,b   Skoog, Eva ^b,c   Brytting, Maria ^a,b   Linde, Annika ^a   Aurelius, Elisabeth ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus (HSV); Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYTARABINE; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEOPTERIN; VIDARABINE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG MONITORING; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 68049086735     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21563     Document Type: Article

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