title: Severe encephalitis associated with disseminated echovirus 22 infection.
abstract: Severe encephalitis associated with disseminated echovirus 22 infection occurred in a previously healthy 5-month-old boy. Echovirus 22 was diagnosed by a seroconversion both in serum and cerebrospinal fluid and by isolation of the virus from several stool samples. The child damaged severely and at the age of 8 1/2 months infantile spasms developed.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koskiniemi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paetau
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Linnavuori
mesh_terms: D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male