Characteristics and outcomes of human parechovirus infection in infants (2008–2012)

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 919-924

  Vergnano, Stefania ^a   Kadambari, Seilesh ^a   Whalley, Katrina ^b   Menson, Esse N ^b   Martinez Alier, Nuria ^b   Cooper, Mehrengise ^c   Sanchez, Emile ^c   Heath, Paul T ^a   Lyall, Hermione ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Encephalitis; Infants; Parechovirus; Sepsis like syndrome; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS; HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIXED INFECTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SPEECH DELAY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARECHOVIRUS; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY; VISION DISORDERS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEVER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRRITABLE MOOD; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUTROPENIA; PARECHOVIRUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VISION DISORDERS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84931577698     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2483-3     Document Type: Article

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