title: Basal ganglia infarction associated with HHV-6 infection.
abstract: A 6 year old boy presented with meningoencephalitis and was found to have serological evidence of acute human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) infection. He did not develop symptomatic seizures or the rash of exanthum subitum (roseola). His course was marked by severe spastic quadriparesis associated with radiological evidence of basal ganglia infarction. HHV-6 infection should be considered in any child with acute meningoencephalitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Bjornson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sargent
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hukin
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015654:Herpesvirus 6, Human; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000821:virology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000821:virology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed