Enterovirus infections: a review of clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.
The enteroviruses, RNA viruses of the Picornaviridae family, are ubiquitous pathogens which include more than 70 different serotypes that infect people of all ages and tend to occur seasonally in the summer and fall. Clinical manifestations may vary diversely with one serotype, while multiple serotypes can present with identical symptoms and may mimic bacterial infections. Most enterovirus infections cause benign, self-limiting disease; however, they can also produce severe and sometimes fatal illnesses such as meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, neonatal sepsis, and polio. Severe enterovirus infections are being diagnosed and treated earlier with better prognostic outcomes due to the advances of polymerase chain reaction technology in accurately detecting virus in patient fluids as well as the recent development of new antiviral therapies.
Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Fondren Brown 840, Houston, TX 77030, USA. js041307@bcm.tmc.edu
Jennifer R
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Stalkup
Suneel
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Chilukuri
D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans