PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A. C. B. Peters AU - J. Versteeg AU - G. TH. A. M. Bots AU - J. Lindeman AU - R. E. H. Smeets TI - Nervous system complications of herpes zoster: immunofluorescent demonstration of varicella-zoster antigen in CSF cells AID - 10.1136/jnnp.42.5.452 DP - 1979 May 01 TA - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry PG - 452--457 VI - 42 IP - 5 4099 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/5/452.short 4100 - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/5/452.full SO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1979 May 01; 42 AB - In nine out of 11 patients with herpes zoster and neurological symptoms varicella-zoster antigen was demonstrated in CSF cells by indirect immunofluorescent staining. Cerebrospinal fluid cytology was in most cases highly suggestive of viral infection. This study demonstrates the value of both immunofluorescent staining on CSF cells and CSF cytology, as corroboration of an otherwise exclusively serologically based virological diagnosis.