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Enterovirus-D68 was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of two children with aseptic meningitis, indicating its direct involvement in the development of this neurologic disease.
This case report provides evidence of direct involvement of enterovirus-D68 in the development of aseptic meningitis in children.
Alerts clinicians to EV-D68 in pediatric aseptic meningitis; hypothesis-generating and requires larger studies before changing practice.
This case report describes two previously healthy children with aseptic meningitis whose cerebrospinal fluid was positive for enterovirus-D68, which indicates direct involvement of this infectious agent in the development of this neurologic disease.
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Esposito et al. (2016) studied this question. Enterovirus-D68 was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of two children with aseptic meningitis, indicating its direct involvement in the development of this neurologic disease.
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