Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in children with seizures from respiratory syncytial virus infection

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(3):228-31. doi: 10.1080/00365540802669543.

Abstract

We report 3 cases of respiratory syncytial virus infection-associated seizures; their abnormalities of cerebrospinal fluid (increased interleukin-6 and positive for virus by highly sensitive assay) were documented. These data revealed that neurological involvement might be caused by a direct invasion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / complications*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / pathology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / genetics
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / isolation & purification
  • Seizures / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Seizures / complications*
  • Seizures / virology