BASAL GANGLIA INFARCTION ASSOCIATED WITH HHV-6 INFECTION

Authors
WEBB DW BJORNSON BH SARGENT MA HUKIN J THOMAS EE
Citation
Dw. Webb et al., BASAL GANGLIA INFARCTION ASSOCIATED WITH HHV-6 INFECTION, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 76(4), 1997, pp. 362-364
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
76
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
362 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1997)76:4<362:BGIAWH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A 6 year old boy presented with meningoencephalitis and was found to h ave serological evidence of acute human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) infecti on. He did not develop symptomatic seizures or the rash of exanthum su bitum (roseola). His course was marked by severe spastic quadriparesis associated with radiological evidence of basal ganglia infarction. HH V-6 infection should be considered in any child with acute meningoence phalitis.