title: Human metapneumovirus RNA in encephalitis patient.
abstract: We describe a fatal case of encephalitis that might be correlated with primary human metapneumovirus (HMPV) encephalitis. Postmortem HMPV RNA was detected in brain and lung tissue samples from the patient. Furthermore, HMPV RNA was found in culture fluids from cells coincubated with lung tissue.
authors.affiliation: University of Bonn, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. schild-gen@mibi03.meb.uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schildgen
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glatzel
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geikowski
authors.forename: Bärbel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scheibner
authors.forename: Bertfried
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matz
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bindl
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Born
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viazov
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilkesmann
authors.forename: Gisela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Knöpfle
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roggendorf
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000821:virology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral