ROTAVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS MIMICKING AFEBRILE BENIGN CONVULSIONS IN INFANTS

A 2-year-old-boy had rotavirus gastroenteritis and demonstrated afebri le partial seizures with secondary generalization. The presence of rot avirus genome and anti-rotavirus IgG was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid. The genotype of VP4 was P8 and that of VP7 was G4, The imaging analysis by computed tomography and single photon emission computed t omography implied encephalitis. The seizures were well controlled by s tandard antiepileptic therapy, and the child experienced normal develo pment with neither physical nor neurologic sequelae, which appeared to mimic benign infantile partial epilepsy. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.