title: [Long central apnea as the chief symptom of aseptic meningoencephalitis in a 6-week-old infant].
abstract: Viral infections can cause apnoea, bradycardia, and desaturation events in preterm and new born infants. These symptoms do not always occur in older infants. A link between virus infection, apnoea, apparent life threatening events (ALTE) and sudden infant death (SID) is speculated. We report a 6-week-old infant with long central apnoea as the first and main symptom of meningoencephalitis caused by enterovirus.
authors.affiliation: Kinderinterne Abteilung, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost, Wien.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakelj
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Aberle
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Dremsek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sacher
mesh_terms: D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010092:Oximetry; D017286:Polysomnography; D012307:Risk Factors; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology