title: [Neurologic diseases of enterovirus infections: polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses type 68-72].
abstract: Neurologic diseases are common manifestations in enteroviral infections, and most common is aseptic meningitis in children. Only a few percents of poliovirus infected children may result in aseptic meningitis or paralytic poliomyelitis. VAPP (Vaccine Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis) should be considered among patients with a recent history of receiving OPV (oral polio vaccine). Recently PCR analysis has been used in order to differentiate vaccine-strain from wild-strain poliovirus. There are no specific laboratory findings about enterovirus infections in CNS, however CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) in acute phase may show elevated, predominant polymorphonuclear cells and mean-while shift to mononuclear cell dominance. The G-CSF concentration in CSF with enteroviral meningitis is elevated, which indicates that induced G-CSF is responsible for neutrophil predominance in CSF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Medical School.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seino
mesh_terms: D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections; D004457:Echovirus Infections; D004769:Enterovirus Infections; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases; D011051:Poliomyelitis