Clinical significance of herpes simplex virus in the lower respiratory tract of critically ill patients

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Oct;21(10):758-9. doi: 10.1007/s10096-002-0809-y. Epub 2002 Oct 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / administration & dosage
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Critical Illness
  • Female
  • Herpes Simplex / diagnosis*
  • Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Simplexvirus / drug effects
  • Simplexvirus / isolation & purification*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Acyclovir