Delays in initiation of acyclovir therapy in herpes simplex encephalitis

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 644-648

  Hughes, Peter ^a   Jackson, Alan ^a,b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868217567     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100015390     Document Type: Article

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