title: Fatal disseminated herpesvirus infection with hepatitis. A peritoneal fluid cytologic warning.
abstract: A 19-year-old man died of a disseminated herpesvirus infection. Microscopic examination of a peritoneal fluid specimen revealed cellular changes characteristic of a herpetic process, and an autopsy confirmed widespread herpes simplex virus type II infection. Viral infections may be diagnosed by cytologic examination of body fluid specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California-San Francisco.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McCalmont
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Geisinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018139:Simplexvirus