Laboratory findings for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens were correlated with clinical
presentations and histories in 55 cases of encephalitis or meningitis due to herpes simplex …

Until recently, the laboratory diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) infections with
herpes simplex virus (HSV) has been limited by poor sensitivity and/or specificity. We …

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations in the central
nervous system (CNS) of infants (encephalitis with or without disseminated visceral …

A herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV 2) etiology was sought in 93 consecutive cases of
herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) in immunocompetent post neonate patients. Antibodies …

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum specimens from patients with presumed herpes
simplex encephalitis (HSE) were characterized for antibodies to herpes simplex virus (HSV) …

Differentiation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 in cerebrospinal fluid of 17
patients with serological1y diagnosed HSV encephalitis and meningitis or acute limbic …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was prospectively performed with cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) from 51 patients whose CSF was available for analysis and was submitted for viral …

Isolation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) from brain tissue after biopsy has been considered
the reference standard for the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE). During the …

Objective To determine the clinical, neurologic, and laboratory characteristics of patients
with herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1) or HSV type 2 (HSV-2) DNA detected in …

ABSTRACT A multiplex PCR assay that detects the four commonest causes of viral
meningitis and encephalitis in the United Kingdom (herpes simplex virus [HSV] type 1 [HSV …