Brain-Stem Encephalitis Caused by Epstein-Barr Virus
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Child Neurology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 40-42
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088307389300800106
Abstract
A case of brain-stem encephalitis with strong serologic evidence of acute Epstein-Barr virus infection is described. Recovery was rapid without treatment, but mild neurologic sequelae were seen at 6-month follow-up. Epstein-Barr virus infection in childhood may be asymptomatic and heterophil antibody negative. Encephalitis is an unusual but well-recognized complication of Epstein-Barr virus infection, but localized brain-stem involvement, to our knowledge, has not been previously described. (J Child Neurol 1993;8:40-42).Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Epstein-Barr virus encephalitisJournal of Infection, 1991
- Encephalitis due to Epstein-Barr virusJournal of Infection, 1990
- MR Features of Fleeting CNS Lesions Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus InfectionJournal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 1989
- Complications of infection with Epstein-Barr virus during childhood a study of children admitted to the hospitalThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1984
- Infectious Mononucleosis and Encephalitis: Recovery of EB Virus from Spinal FluidPediatrics, 1979
- Encephalitis in Infectious Mononucleosis: Diagnostic ConsiderationsPediatrics, 1976
- Primary Epstein–Barr-Virus Infections in Acute Neurologic DiseasesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1975
- Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies in the Cerebrospinal FluidAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1974