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Case Reports
. 1989;21(4):463-6.
doi: 10.3109/00365548909167453.

Severe encephalitis associated with disseminated echovirus 22 infection

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Severe encephalitis associated with disseminated echovirus 22 infection

M Koskiniemi et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 1989.

Abstract

Severe encephalitis associated with disseminated echovirus 22 infection occurred in a previously healthy 5-month-old boy. Echovirus 22 was diagnosed by a seroconversion both in serum and cerebrospinal fluid and by isolation of the virus from several stool samples. The child damaged severely and at the age of 8 1/2 months infantile spasms developed.

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