Acyclovir resistance in herpes simplex encephalitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 830-833

  Schulte, Eva C ^a   Sauerbrei, Andreas ^b   Hoffmann, Dieter ^a   Zimmer, Claus ^a   Hemmer, Bernhard ^a   Mühlau, Mark ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ETIRACETAM; FOSCARNET; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77952950268     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21979     Document Type: Article

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