Outbreak of brainstem encephalitis associated with enterovirus-A71 in Catalonia, Spain (2016): a clinical observational study in a children's reference centre in Catalonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 874-881

  Casas Alba, D ^a   de Sevilla, M F ^a,b,c   Valero Rello, A ^b,d   Fortuny, C ^a,b,c   Garcia Garcia J J ^a,b,c   Ortez, C ^a   Muchart, J ^a   Armangue T ^a   Jordan, I ^a,b,c   Luaces, C ^a   Barrabeig, I ^e   Gonzalez Sanz R ^f   Cabrerizo, M ^f   Munoz Almagro C ^a,b,c,g   Launes, C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Hospital Sant Joan de Déu   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Encephalitis; Enterovirus; EV A71; Molecular epidemiology; Types

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCALCITONIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CATALONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTEROVIRUS A71; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELITIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; ENTEROVIRUS A; GENETICS; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SPAIN;

EID: 85019134032     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.03.016     Document Type: Article

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