Congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: An underdiagnosed cause of neonatal hydrocephalus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 560-562

  Schulte, Danica Jenine ^a   Comer, James A ^b   Erickson, Bobbie R ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^b   Nichol, Stuart T ^b   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^b   Lehman, Deborah ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Congenital infection; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIORETINITIS; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 33744980439     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000219409.57917.35     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. von Koch CS, Gupta N, Sutton LN, et al. In utero surgery for hydrocephalus. Childs Nerv Syst. 2003;19:574-586.
2. Bowen MD, Peters CJ, Nichol ST. The phylogeny of new world (Tacaribe complex) arenaviruses. Virology. 1996;219:285-290.
3. Armstrong C, Lillie RD. Experimental lymphocytic choriomeningitis of monkeys and mice produced by a virus encountered in studies of the 1933 St. Louis encephalitis epidemic. Public Health Rep. 1934;49:1019-1027.
4. Peters CJ. Arenaviruses. In: Richman DD, Whitley RJ, Hayden FG, eds. Clinical Virology. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1997:973-996.
5. Traub E. Epidemiology of lymphocytic choriomeningitis in a mouse stock observed for four years. J Exp Med. 1939;69:801-817.
6. Childs JC, Glass GE, Korch GW, et al. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection and house mouse (Mus musculus) distribution in urban Baltimore. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1992;47:27-34.
7. Centers for Disease Control. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in organ transplant recipients - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54:537-539.
8. Paddock C, Ksiazek T, Comer JA, et al. Pathology of fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in multiple organ transplant recipients from a common donor. Mod Pathol. 2005;18:263-264.
9. Mets MB, Barton LL, Khan AS, Ksiazek TG. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: An underdiagnosed cause of congenital chorioretinitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2000;130:209-215.
10. Barton LL, Mets MB. Congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection: Decade of rediscovery. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33:370-374.
11. Larsen PD, Chartrand SA, Tomashek KM, et al. Hydrocephalus complicating lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1993;12:528-531.
12. Enders G, Varho-Gobel M, Lohler J, et al. Congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection: An underdiagnosed disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999;18:652-655.
13. Barton LL, Hyndman NJ. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: Reemerging central nervous system pathogen. Pediatrics. 2000;105:35-36.