A case of neonatal human parechovirus encephalitis with a favourable outcome
Autor: | Pasquale Di Pietro, Emilio Cristina, Salvatore Renna, Andrea Rossi, Monica Mascaretti, Laura Bergamino, Antonio Piralla, Daniela Pirlo, Maria Grazia Marazzi, Milena Furione |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Central nervous system Parechovirus medicine.disease_cause Developmental Neuroscience Enterovirus Infections medicine Humans Encephalitis Viral Child medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Human parechovirus Meningoencephalitis Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hyperintensity medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Enterovirus Neurology (clinical) business Encephalitis |
Zdroj: | Brain and Development. 36:70-73 |
ISSN: | 0387-7604 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.12.006 |
Popis: | Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) are a new family of neurotropic viruses that cause central nervous system (CNS) infections similar to enterovirus (EVs) meningoencephalitis in the neonatal period, resulting in white matter lesions that can be visualized with cranial ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging, and correlated to a large spectrum of neurological outcomes. HPeV should be suspected in neonates with signs and symptoms of sepsis-like illness or CNS disease. We report a case of neonatal HPeV encephalitis, diagnosed on the basis of clinical and radiological findings and HPeV RT-PCR, with a good neurological outcome. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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