Relative quantity of cerebrospinal fluid herpes simplex virus DNA in adult cases of encephalitis and meningitis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 687-690

  Murphy, Robert F ^a   Caliendo, Angela M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Meningitis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449701971     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP0KN1PCHEYSIK     Document Type: Article

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