Etiologic agents of central nervous system infections among febrile hospitalized patients in the country of Georgia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Akhvlediani, Tamar ^a,b   Bautista, Christian T ^c   Shakarishvili, Roman ^d   Tsertsvadze, Tengiz ^e   Imnadze, Paata ^f   Tatishvili, Nana ^g   Davitashvili, Tamar ^e   Samkharadze, Tamar ^g   Chlikadze, Rusudan ^f   Dvali, Natia ^e   Dzigua, Lela ^e   Karchava, Mariam ^e   Gatserelia, Lana ^e   Macharashvili, Nino ^e   Kvirkvelia, Nana ^d   Habashy, Engy Emil ^h   Farrell, Margaret ^h   Rowlinson, Emily ^h   Sejvar, James ⁱ   Hepbur, Matthew ^k   Pimentel, Guillermo ^h   Dueger, Erica ^h,j   House, Brent ^h   Rivard, Robert ^k   more..

^a TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b US Army Medical Research Unit Georgia   (Georgia)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Department of Neurology Sarajishvili Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery   (Georgia)

^e AIDS   (Georgia)

^f National Center for Disease Control and Public Health   (Georgia)

^g Neurology Department of Iashvili Children's Hospital   (Georgia)

^h US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^k UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HEALTH CENTER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOSQUITO BITE; MUMPS VIRUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TICK BITE; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATIENTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934324282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111393     Document Type: Article

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