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Title:

Herpes simplex virus in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of medical intensive care unit patients: Association with lung injury and outcome.

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Saugel, Bernd; Jakobus, Julia; Huber, Wolfgang; Hoffmann, Dieter; Holzapfel, Konstantin; Protzer, Ulrike; Schmid, Roland M; Umgelter, Andreas
Abstract:
In intensive care unit (ICU) patients in whom bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was analyzed for suspected infectious pulmonary disease, we investigated the association of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the BALF with lung injury and patient outcome.In this retrospective cohort study, we included 201 patients treated in a medical ICU of a German university hospital in whom BALF samples were analyzed for the presence of HSV using quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis.Eighty-seven patien...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Crit Care
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
32
Pages contribution:
138-44
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.11.019
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26777743
Print-ISSN:
0883-9441
TUM Institution:
II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Gastroenterologie); Institut für Virologie
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