Characteristics of pediatric patients with enterovirus meningitis and no cerebral fluid pleocytosis

Human non-polio enterovirus (EV) is the most important cause of aseptic meningitis in children. Only a few studies report the lack of cerobrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis in children with confirmed EV meningitis; however, the characteristics of these children have not been well defined. This paper...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of pediatrics 2012-05, Vol.171 (5), p.795-800
Hauptverfasser:	de Crom, Stephanie C. M., van Furth, Marceline A. M., Peeters, Marcel F., Rossen, John W. A., Obihara, Charles C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Distribution Aseptic meningitis Biological and medical sciences C-reactive protein Cerebrospinal fluid Child Child, Preschool Children Drowsiness Enterovirus Enterovirus Infections - cerebrospinal fluid Enterovirus Infections - diagnosis Female Fever General aspects Genomes Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Infectious diseases Laboratories Leukocytosis - cerebrospinal fluid Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Meningitis Meningitis, Aseptic - cerebrospinal fluid Meningitis, Aseptic - virology Meningitis, Viral - cerebrospinal fluid Meningitis, Viral - diagnosis Netherlands Original Paper Patients Pediatrics Pleocytosis Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Retrospective Studies Viral diseases Viral diseases of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	Human non-polio enterovirus (EV) is the most important cause of aseptic meningitis in children. Only a few studies report the lack of cerobrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis in children with confirmed EV meningitis; however, the characteristics of these children have not been well defined. This paper describes the clinical and laboratory features of EV meningitis in children with no CSF pleocytosis. Clinical, laboratory, and virological data of Dutch patients
ISSN:	0340-6199 1432-1076
DOI:	10.1007/s00431-011-1626-z