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3428297

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
A 7-year-old boy with sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia developed meningoencephalitis caused by echovirus type 11. He had convulsions, right hemiplegia, cortical motor aphasia, left abducens nerve paralysis, left hypoglossal nerve paralysis, and later became unconscious. Treatment by intravenous injection of conventional gammaglobulin and intrathecal alpha-interferon brought no clinical improvement, but intrathecal administration together with intravenous injection of gammaglobulin containing a high titre of anti-echovirus type 11 antibody was associated with a dramatic improvement in his clinical symptoms. After subsequent periodical (once or twice a week) administration of specific gammaglobulin for 8 months, the echovirus in his cerebrospinal fluid was no longer detected. These findings suggest that intrathecal injection combined with intravenous injection of high titre anti-echovirus type 11 antibody was effective in treating this case of echovirus meningoencephalitis in sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0340-6199
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
146
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
610-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful treatment of echovirus meningoencephalitis in sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia by intrathecal and intravenous injection of high titre gammaglobulin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't