A fatal central nervous system enterovirus 68 infection

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Jun;135(6):793-6. doi: 10.5858/2010-0174-CR.1.

Abstract

The anticipated eradication of poliovirus emphasizes the need to identify other enteroviral causes of severe central nervous system disease. Enterovirus 68 has been implicated only in cases of respiratory illness. We therefore report a case of fatal meningomyeloencephalitis caused by enterovirus 68 in a 5-year-old boy, which required neuropathology, microbiology, and molecular techniques to diagnose.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • Brain Edema / virology
  • Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / virology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Encephalomyelitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Encephalomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Encephalomyelitis / virology
  • Enterovirus D, Human / genetics
  • Enterovirus D, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Enterovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterovirus Infections / virology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Meningoencephalitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Meningoencephalitis / virology
  • Pneumonia / pathology
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • Spinal Cord / pathology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral