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A case of agammaglobulinaemia complicated by meningoencephalitis due to Echo virus 27
Author(s) -
FARMER KEITHA,
MacARTHUR B. A.,
DeZOETE J. ANNE,
CROXSON MARGARET C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1984.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningoencephalitis , echo (communications protocol) , virology , computer security , computer science
A boy with agammaglobulinaemia diagnosed and treated from the age of 3 years 2 months developed encephalitis at 4 years 3 months. The illness showed a remitting but deteriorating course until death aged 6 years 5 months. Echo virus type 27 was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid during the terminal illness. The virus was not isolated from five earlier cerebrospinal fluid samples nor was virus detected in a temporal lobe biopsy.