Rhombencephalitis was the chief neurologic complication of enterovirus 71 infection in children during the 1998 Taiwan epidemic, carrying a 14% fatality rate.
In the 1998 enterovirus 71 epidemic in Taiwan, the chief neurologic complication was rhombencephalitis, which had a fatality rate of 14 percent. The most common initial symptoms were myoclonic jerks, and MRI usually showed evidence of brainstem involvement.
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