Two cases of neonatal human parechovirus 3 encephalitis

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Nov;33(11):1191-3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000412.

Abstract

We report 2 neonates with human parechoviruses type 3 encephalitis. Both newborns presented with fever, irritability and seizures. Cerebrospinal fluid analyses were normal, but magnetic resonance imaging revealed white matter damage, suggesting human parechoviruse infection. Human parechoviruses type 3-RNA was detected in cerebrospinal fluid samples and in blood, stool, urine and respiratory samples, indicating the dissemination of the virus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Atrophy / virology
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Encephalitis, Viral / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Parechovirus*
  • Picornaviridae Infections* / diagnosis
  • Seizures / virology