title: Absence of pleocytosis alone is insufficient to exclude encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus in children.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muttalib
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papenburg
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology*; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods*