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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
Main Authors: Niksefat, Mahbobeh, Guillen, Daniel, Moshayedi, Pouria, Rinaldo, Charles R., Ojha, Ajitesh
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 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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