Herpes simplex virus encephalitis: Clinical manifestations, diagnosis and outcome in 106 adult patients

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-118

  Sili, Uluhan ^a   Kaya, Abdurrahman ^a   Mert, Ali ^b   Ozaras, Resat ^c   Midilli, Kenan ^c   Albayram, Sait ^c   Kenangil, Gulay ^c   Demirci, Onat ^c   Kapmaz, Mahir ^c   Yasar, Kadriye Kart ^c   Sehnaz, Ozyavuz Alp ^c   Kayaaslan, Bircan Unal ^c   Yilmaz, Mustafa Ozgun ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; Prognostic factors; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900305950     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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