FATAL DISSEMINATED HERPESVIRUS-INFECTION WITH HEPATITIS - A PERITONEAL-FLUID CYTOLOGIC WARNING

Authors
MCCALMONT TH MCLEOD DL KERR RM HOPKINS MB GEISINGER KR
Citation
Th. Mccalmont et al., FATAL DISSEMINATED HERPESVIRUS-INFECTION WITH HEPATITIS - A PERITONEAL-FLUID CYTOLOGIC WARNING, Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine, 118(5), 1994, pp. 566-567
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Medical Laboratory Technology","Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine
ISSN journal
00039985 → ACNP
Volume
118
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
566 - 567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(1994)118:5<566:FDHWH->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 19-year-old man died of a disseminated herpesvirus infection. Micros copic examination of a peritoneal fluid specimen revealed cellular cha nges characteristic of a herpetic process, and an autopsy confirmed wi despread herpes simplex virus type II infection. Viral infections may be diagnosed by cytologic examination of body fluid specimens.