Recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 meningitis in elderly persons

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-760

  Davis, Larry E ^a,b   Guerre, Jenny ^a,b   Gerstein, Wendy H ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; PUBMED; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953625668     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.100     Document Type: Article

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