Herpes simplex virus sepsis and acute liver failure

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL.21, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Riediger, C ^a   Sauer, P ^b   Matevossian, E ^a   Muller M W ^a   Buchler P ^a   Friess, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Herpes simplex virus; Liver failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBODY SCREENING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 70649114771     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01108.x     Document Type: Review

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