Reports a rare fatal case of acute focal encephalitis caused by echovirus type 9 in an infant.
Rare fatal echovirus 9 encephalitis in an infant; hypothesis-generating for enteroviral CNS disease and warrants prospective surveillance.
Enteroviruses are rare causes of acute focal encephalitis. A fatal case of echovirus type 9 infection is reported in a 9 month old boy who presented with a fever and a macular rash followed by two focal seizures. Echovirus type 9 was isolated from lung tissue after seven days.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Zuckerman et al. (1993) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: