Patients with suspected herpes simplex encephalitis: rethinking an initial negative polymerase chain reaction result.

Weil, Ana A; Glaser, Carol A; Amad, Zahwa; Forghani, Bagher · Clin Infect Dis · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A statewide encephalitis diagnostic project of the California State Department of Health Services found that herpes simplex virus 1 DNA may not be detectable by molecular methods early in the clinical course of herpes simplex encephalitis.

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