An Outbreak of Coxsackievirus B Type 2 Acute Meningoencephalitis in Children, Israel, July

An Outbreak of Coxsackievirus B Type 2 Acute Meningoencephalitis in Children, Israel, July–September 2022

Published:2023-02-14 Issue:5 Volume:42 Page:e177-e179
ISSN:0891-3668
Container-title:Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
language:en
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Author:

Kriger Or¹²^ORCID,Abramovich Alon¹,Fratty Ilana S.¹,Leshem Eyal¹³,Amit Sharon¹,Stein Michal¹²³,Ben-Zeev Bruria¹²³,Via-Dorembus Sara¹²,Hoffmann Chen¹³,Rabinowicz Shira¹²³,Weil Merav¹

Affiliation:

1. Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

2. Safra Children Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

3. Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

During July–September 2022, 14 children suffering from meningoencephalitis tested positive for Coxsackievirus B2 (8 cerebrospinal fluid, 9 stool samples). Mean age 22 months (range 0–60 months); 8 were males. Seven of the children presented with ataxia and 2 had imaging features of rhombencephalitis, not previously described in association with Coxsackievirus B2.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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