Management of suspected herpes simplex virus encephalitis in adults in a UK teaching hospital

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Bell, David J ^a   Suckling, Ruth ^b,f   Rothburn, Michael M ^c   Blanchard, Tom ^d   Stoeter, David ^f   Michael, Benedict ^b,f   Cooke, Richard P D ^c   Kneen, Rachel ^e,f   Solomon, Tom ^b,f  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aciclovir; Central nervous system infection; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Lumbar puncture

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; MENINGITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RASH; RIGIDITY; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SEIZURE; STIFF NECK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69049110102     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-231     Document Type: Article

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