Fatal encephalitis/encephalopathy in primary human herpesvirus-6 infection

Y. Asano; T. Yoshikawa; Y. Kajita; R. Ogura; S. Suga; T. Yazaki; T. Nakashima; A. Yamada; T. Kurata

doi:10.1136/adc.67.12.1484

Fatal encephalitis/encephalopathy in primary human herpesvirus-6 infection

Y. Asano, T. Yoshikawa, Y. Kajita, R. Ogura, S. Suga, T. Yazaki, T. Nakashima, A. Yamada, T. Kurata

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Abstract

An encephalitic illness with a fatal outcome occurred in a 9 month old girl with virologically confirmed exanthem subitum. Human herpesvirus- 6 (HHV-6) DNA was found in the cerebrospinal fluid at the acute stage of the disease by the polymerase chain reaction, but the virus antigen was not detected in her brain tissue. This suggests that HHV-6-induced encephalitis/encephalopathy may be due to a non-infectious process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1484-1485
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume	67
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.12.1484
Publication status	Published - 1992

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Fatal encephalitis/encephalopathy in primary human herpesvirus-6 infection

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