Fatal case of echovirus type 9 encephalitis.
Enteroviruses are rare causes of acute focal encephalitis. A fatal case of echovirus type 9 infection is reported in a 9 month old boy who presented with a fever and a macular rash followed by two focal seizures. Echovirus type 9 was isolated from lung tissue after seven days.
Zuckerman
M A
MA
Division of Virology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London.
Sheaff
M
M
Martin
J E
JE
Gabriel
C M
CM
D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004459:Echovirus 9; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male