Case report: Clinical and virological characteristics of aseptic meningitis caused by a recombinant echovirus 18 in an immunocompetent adult.

ABSTRACT: Echovirus 18 has been recognized as an important causative pathogen of aseptic meningitis in young children worldwide, and echovirus 18-induced meningitis is rarely found in adults with immunocompetence. In this case study, we report the clinical and virological characteristics of aseptic meningitis caused by recombinant echovirus 18 in an adult with immunocompetence. A 31-year-old woman with immunocompetence was admitted to our hospital with fever, dizziness, severe headache, nausea, and vomiting for the past 1 day and was diagnosed with viral meningitis based on the clinical manifestations and laboratory results from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The patient received antiviral treatment with ribavirin and interferon as soon as the enterovirus infection was identified using qRT-PCR and was c

SUBMITTER: Jiang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878155 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature