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Third time's a charm: diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis after two negative polymerase chain reaction results
INTRODUCTION: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a sensitive and specific method in diagnosing herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis. However there are increasing reports of false negative HSV PCR. CASE DESCRIPTION: We present a patient in the 9(th) decade of l...
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| Published in: | Heliyon |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Elsevier
2020
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322049/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32613121 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04247 |
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