Echovirus-7 Infection in Children with Unusual Severe Manifestation: A Case Report

We report a rare laboratory-confirmed, clinical case of Echovirus-7 infection in an immuno-competent child with central nervous system and systemic manifestation. Echovirus infection is usually mild, however in this case we identified echovirus-7 infection with 91% homology with the Echovirus-7 stra...

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Autores principales: Pudjiadi, Antonius Hocky, Antonjaya, Ungke, Myint, Khin Saw, Alatas, Fatima Safira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8032922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34409787
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2020.0081
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Sumario:We report a rare laboratory-confirmed, clinical case of Echovirus-7 infection in an immuno-competent child with central nervous system and systemic manifestation. Echovirus infection is usually mild, however in this case we identified echovirus-7 infection with 91% homology with the Echovirus-7 strain previously isolated in neighbouring country with severe manifestation.

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