Insights into Pediatric Herpes Simplex Encephalitis From a Cohort of 21 Children From the California Encephalitis Project, 1998–2011

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 (59%) patients with extratempor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2014-12, Vol.33 (12), p.1287-1288
Hauptverfasser:	To, Tu M, Soldatos, Ariane, Sheriff, Heather, Schmid, D Scott, Espinosa, Natasha, Cosentino, Giorgio, Preas, Christopher P, Glaser, Carol A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Arboviral encephalitis Arboviroses Biological and medical sciences Brain - pathology California Cerebrospinal Fluid - virology Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex - pathology Female Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Neuroimaging Polymerase Chain Reaction Survival Analysis Tropical viral diseases Viral diseases Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
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Zusammenfassung:	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 (59%) patients with extratemporal lobe involvement identified by neuroimaging. Eleven cases were
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0000000000000422