Central nervous system echovirus infection in Bruton's X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia.
A patient with Bruton's X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia, who developed the typical syndrome associated with systemic echovirus 3 infection whilst on routine intramuscular gammaglobulin replacement therapy, is described. Following regular infusions of specific antibody-containing plasma from his spouse, he has shown sustained clinical improvement over a period of two years, and is, therefore, one of the very rare cases with this syndrome to survive for more than a few months.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male
D007074:Immunoglobulin G