PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE-2 MENINGITIS AND PAROTITIS IN AN 11-YEAR-OLDCHILD

Authors
JANTAUSCH BA WIEDERMANN BL JEFFRIES B
Citation
Ba. Jantausch et al., PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE-2 MENINGITIS AND PAROTITIS IN AN 11-YEAR-OLDCHILD, Southern medical journal, 88(2), 1995, pp. 230-231
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
88
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
230 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1995)88:2<230:PVTMAP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We describe the case of an 11-year-old Bolivian boy with parotitis and aseptic meningitis to demonstrate that parainfluenza virus type 2 can cause disseminated infection in a normal child. Parainfluenza virus t ype 2 was isolated from nasopharyngeal and CSF specimens from the pati ent and was confirmed to be parainfluenza virus type 2 by hemadsorptio n inhibition and by complement fixation. Parainfluenza virus type 2 ma y cause aseptic meningitis and parotitis.