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Medical Author:

Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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Medical Editor:

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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Author: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Previous contributing author and editors:

Author: Lisa Chan, MD, FACEP, Associate Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Ron Fuerst, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Director, Children's Emergency Center, Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Hospital.

REFERENCES:

Lacker, A., H. Kessler, C. Walch, et al. "Early and Reliable Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Varicella Zoster Virus DNA's in Oral Fluid of Patients With Idiopathic Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy: Decision Support Regarding Antiviral Treatment?" J. Med. Virol. 82 (2010): 1582-1585.

Salvaggio, Michelle R., and Larry I. Lutwick. "Herpes Simplex." eMedicine.com. May 27, 2009. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/
218580-overview>.

Sharma, Rahul, and Lawrence C. Brilliant. "Herpes Simplex." eMedicine.com. Feb. 24, 2010. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/783113-overview>.

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