Coxsackie B2 virus isolation from a case of postnatal meningoencephalitis.
Clinical, morphopathological and virological data are presented with reference to a fatal case of postnatal meningoencephalitis from which a Coxsackie B2 virus strain could be isolated. The lesions consisted mainly in a meningeal inflammatory process with fibrocytes, a few lymphocytes and rare polynuclear cells. Marked stasis, diffuse and perivascular infiltrates with lymphcoytes and polynuclear cells, as well as lympho-glial nodules were observed in the brain parenchyma.
D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000382:microbiology