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Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA using the polymerase chain reaction in an immunocompromised patient with transverse myelitis secondary to herpes zoster.

A D Grant1, J D Fox, N S Brink, R F Miller.   

Abstract

A case of herpes zoster transverse myelitis is described in which the clinical diagnosis was confirmed by demonstrating the presence of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by amplification using the polymerase chain reaction. This case illustrates the potential role of the selective amplification of VZV DNA from CSF in contributing to the diagnosis of neurological complications associated with VZV infection.

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Year:  1993        PMID： 7721287      PMCID： PMC1195086          DOI： 10.1136/sti.69.4.273

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Genitourin Med        ISSN： 0266-4348


  8 in total

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Journal:  Arch Neurol       Date:  1973-11

2.  Rapid diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis by nested polymerase chain reaction assay of cerebrospinal fluid.

Authors:  E Aurelius; B Johansson; B Sköldenberg; A Staland; M Forsgren
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1991-01-26       Impact factor: 79.321

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Authors:  D R Mayo; J Booss
Journal:  Arch Neurol       Date:  1989-03

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Authors:  R Mahalingam; M Wellish; W Wolf; A N Dueland; R Cohrs; A Vafai; D Gilden
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  1990-09-06       Impact factor: 91.245

5.  Varicella zoster virus transverse myelitis without cutaneous rash.

Authors:  H M Heller; N T Carnevale; R T Steigbigel
Journal:  Am J Med       Date:  1990-05       Impact factor: 4.965

6.  Detection of herpesvirus DNA in the large intestine of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease using the nested polymerase chain reaction.

Authors:  A J Wakefield; J D Fox; A M Sawyerr; J E Taylor; C H Sweenie; M Smith; V C Emery; M Hudson; R S Tedder; R E Pounder
Journal:  J Med Virol       Date:  1992-11       Impact factor: 2.327

Review 7.  Varicella-zoster virus reactivation without rash.

Authors:  D H Gilden; A N Dueland; M E Devlin; R Mahalingam; R Cohrs
Journal:  J Infect Dis       Date:  1992-08       Impact factor: 5.226

8.  Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with herpes zoster meningitis.

Authors:  H Shoji; Y Honda; I Murai; Y Sato; K Oizumi; R Hondo
Journal:  J Neurol       Date:  1992-02       Impact factor: 4.849
  8 in total
  6 in total

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Journal:  Sex Transm Infect       Date:  1998-08       Impact factor: 3.519

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Authors:  F Deisenhammer; R F Miller; N S Brink; M J Harrison; E J Thompson
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Authors:  R F Miller; B Sweeney; M J Harrison; S B Lucas
Journal:  Genitourin Med       Date:  1994-06

4.  Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging with neuropathological findings in the diagnosis of HIV and CMV associated CNS disease in AIDS.

Authors:  R F Miller; S B Lucas; M A Hall-Craggs; N S Brink; F Scaravilli; R J Chinn; B E Kendall; I G Williams; M J Harrison
Journal:  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry       Date:  1997-04       Impact factor: 10.154

5.  Herpes simplex virus type 2 encephalitis and concomitant cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with AIDS: detection of virus-specific DNA in CSF by nested polymerase chain reaction.

Authors:  R F Miller; J D Fox; J C Waite; A Severn; N S Brink
Journal:  Genitourin Med       Date:  1995-08

6.  Myelitis: A Rare Neurological Complication of Herpes Zoster.

Authors:  Monika Mohanbhai Agrawal; Rashmi Samir Mahajan; Freny Erachshaw Bilimoria; Kishan Rasubhai Ninama
Journal:  Indian J Dermatol       Date:  2016 Nov-Dec       Impact factor: 1.494
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