Missing cases of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of the central nervous system when the Reller criteria are applied for HSV PCR testing: A multicenter study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Albert, Eliseo ^a   Alberola, Juan ^b   Bosque, Monserrat ^c   Camarena, Juan José ^b   Clari, María Ángeles ^d   Márquez, María Victoria Domínguez ^c   Gil Fortuño, María ^e   Gimeno, Adelina ^f   Nogueira, José Miguel ^b   Ocete, María Dolores ^g   Orta, Nieves ^d   Prat, Josep ^h   Rodríguez, Juan Carlos ^f   Valero, Isabel ^g   Cardona, Concepción Gimeno ^g   Navarro, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL FRANCESC DE BORJA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE SAGUNTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infections; Cerebrospinal fluid; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN ALPHAHERPESVIRUS 1; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RELLER CRITERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060940740     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01719-18     Document Type: Article

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