Meningoencephalitis and meningitis due to an adenovirus type 5 in two immunocompetent adults.
Two unrelated patients, previously in good health, were admitted to hospital in the course of the same week, one for meningoencephalitis and the other for meningitis. In both of them, an adenovirus type 5 was cultivated on the cerebrospinal fluid. The evolution was benign in both cases. No similar observation has been found in the literature.
Centre Hospitalier Molière-Longchamp, Department of Internal Medicine, Brussels, Belgium.
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D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000382:microbiology*; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged