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Case Reports
. 1993 Sep;46(9):865-6.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.46.9.865.

Fatal case of echovirus type 9 encephalitis

M A Zuckerman  1 , M Sheaff, J E Martin, C M Gabriel
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Case Reports

Fatal case of echovirus type 9 encephalitis

M A Zuckerman et al. J Clin Pathol. 1993 Sep.

Abstract

Enteroviruses are rare causes of acute focal encephalitis. A fatal case of echovirus type 9 infection is reported in a 9 month old boy who presented with a fever and a macular rash followed by two focal seizures. Echovirus type 9 was isolated from lung tissue after seven days.

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