A Fatal Central Nervous System Enterovirus 68 Infection

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...

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Published inArchives of pathology & laboratory medicine (1976) Vol. 135; no. 6; pp. 793 - 796
Main Authors Kreuter, Justin D., Barnes, Arti, McCarthy, James E., Schwartzman, Joseph D., Oberste, M. Steven, Rhodes, C. Harker, Modlin, John F., Wright, Peter F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Northfield College of American Pathologists 01.06.2011
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Central nervous system
Microbiology
Nervous system diseases
New Hampshire
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ISSN0003-9985
1543-2165
1543-2165
DOI10.5858/2010-0174-CR.1

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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0003-9985
1543-2165
1543-2165
DOI:10.5858/2010-0174-CR.1