RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Basal ganglia infarction associated with HHV-6 infection
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 362
OP 364
DO 10.1136/adc.76.4.362
VO 76
IS 4
A1 David W Webb
A1 Bruce H Bjornson
A1 Michael A Sargent
A1 Juliette Hukin
A1 Eva E Thomas
YR 1997
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/76/4/362.abstract
AB A 6 year old boy presented with meningoencephalitis and was found to have serological evidence of acute human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) infection. He did not develop symptomatic seizures or the rash of exanthum subitum (roseola). His course was marked by severe spastic quadriparesis associated with radiological evidence of basal ganglia infarction. HHV-6 infection should be considered in any child with acute meningoencephalitis.