Acute meningoencephalitis caused by adenovirus serotype 26.
Adenoviridae are rare causes of meningoencephalitis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. In this article the authors report a case of adenoviral meningoencephalitis caused by serotype 26 and its identification, not described previously, in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by PCR and brain tissue by immunohistochemical staining.
Dubberke
Erik R
ER
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. edubberk@im.wustl.edu
Tu
Benjamin
B
Rivet
Dennis J
DJ
Storch
Gregory A
GA
Apisarnthanarak
Anucha
A
Schmidt
Robert E
RE
Weiss
Stuart
S
Polish
Louis B
LB
D000208:Acute Disease; D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping