The role of laboratory investigation in the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected herpes simplex encephalitis: a consensus report. The EU Concerted Action on Virus Meningitis and Encephalitis.

Cinque, Paola; Cleator, G.M.; Weber, Thomas; Monteyne, Philippe; Sindic, Christian; M. van Loon, Anton

doi:10.1136/jnnp.61.4.339

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The role of laboratory investigation in the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected herpes simplex encephalitis: a consensus report. The EU Concerted Action on Virus Meningitis and Encephalitis.

Published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry • Oct 1, 1996

Authors:

Paola Cinque

G.M. Cleator

Thomas Weber

Abstract

As effective therapies for the treatment of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) have become available, the virology laboratory has acquired a role of primary importance in the early diagnosis and clinical management of this condition. Several studies have shown that the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

Subject

Encephalitis

Herpes simplex virus

Medicine

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