RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nervous system complications of herpes zoster: immunofluorescent demonstration of varicella-zoster antigen in CSF cells
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 452
OP 457
DO 10.1136/jnnp.42.5.452
VO 42
IS 5
A1 A. C. B. Peters
A1 J. Versteeg
A1 G. TH. A. M. Bots
A1 J. Lindeman
A1 R. E. H. Smeets
YR 1979
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/5/452.abstract
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.