Fatal Measles Inclusion-Body Encephalitis in Adult with Untreated AIDS, France

Autor: Christophe Rodriguez, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Nicolas Weiss, Sébastian Stroer, Karima Mokhtari, Danielle Seilhean, Bertrand Mathon, Vanessa Demontant, Melissa N’Debi, Guillaume Gricourt, Paul-Louis Woerther, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Karl Stefic, Julien Marlet, Pierre-François Dequin, Antoine Guillon, Valérie Pourcher, David Boutolleau, Astrid Vabret, Sonia Burrel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 2231-2234 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.200366
Popis: We report a fatal case of measles inclusion-body encephalitis occurring in a woman from Romania with AIDS. After an extensive but unsuccessful diagnostic evaluation, a pan-pathogen shotgun metagenomic approach revealed a measles virus infection. We identified no mutations previously associated with neurovirulence.
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