Are ESR/CRP ratios helpful in differentiating West Nile encephalitis from non-West Nile virus meningitis/encephalitis?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 652-654

  Hage, Jean E ^a   Cunha, Burke A ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; CRP; ESR; Viral meningitis encephalitis; West Nile virus (WNV)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84879646787     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.768355     Document Type: Article

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