| Literature DB >> 24911898 |
Tu M To1, Ariane Soldatos, Heather Sheriff, D Scott Schmid, Natasha Espinosa, Giorgio Cosentino, Christopher P Preas, Carol A Glaser.
Abstract
Twenty-one children with confirmed herpes simplex encephalitis were identified in the California Encephalitis Project.Noteworthy features included 6 (29%) patients with an initial negative herpes simplex virus cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction test and 13 (62%) patients with extratemporal lobe involvement identified by neuroimaging [corrected]. Eleven cases were <4 years of age, but all 4 fatal cases occurred in adolescents.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24911898 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000422
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129