Parainfluenza virus type 2 meningitis and parotitis in an 11-year-old child.
We describe the case of an 11-year-old Bolivian boy with parotitis and aseptic meningitis to demonstrate that parainfluenza virus type 2 can cause disseminated infection in a normal child. Parainfluenza virus type 2 was isolated from nasopharyngeal and CSF specimens from the patient and was confirmed to be parainfluenza virus type 2 by hemadsorption inhibition and by complement fixation. Parainfluenza virus type 2 may cause aseptic meningitis and parotitis.
Jantausch
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Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010.
Wiedermann
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Jeffries
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D010223:Parainfluenza Virus 2, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010309:Parotitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*