Criteria for reducing unnecessary testing for herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, and enterovirus in cerebrospinal fluid samples from adults

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 887-895

  Wilen, Craig B ^a   Monaco, Cynthia L ^b   Hoppe Bauer, Joan ^c   Jackups, Ronald ^a   Bucelli, Robert C ^a   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COST; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROCEDURES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84923346618     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03161-14     Document Type: Article

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