Summary of clinical, laboratory, and neuroimaging studies in children reported to have meningoencephalitis associated with HHV-6 infection
| Age2-150 | Sex | Seizures2-151 | CSF | Cranial computed tomography radiolucency | Reference No | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leucocytes (cells/mm3) (% lymphocytes) | Protein (g/l) | Glucose | |||||||||
| 10m | M | + | 36 | 2.94 | Not reported | Putamen, external capsule | 3 | ||||
| 13m | F | + | 15 (93) | 1.6 | Normal | Left frontotemporal | 1 | ||||
| 10m | F | + | Normal | Normal | Normal | Left frontoparietal | 4 | ||||
| 9m | F | ++ | 28 (76) | 0.66 | Normal | Left frontotemporal | 5 | ||||
| 9m | F | ++ | Normal | Normal | Normal | Diffuse (died) | 5 | ||||
| 13m | F | + | 14 (96) | 0.57 | Normal | Bitemporal | 5 | ||||
| 8m | F | + | 28 (85) | Not reported | Normal | Left frontal | 5 | ||||
| 22m | M | ++ | 4 | Normal | Normal | Normal | 6 | ||||
| 6y | M | — | 189 (81) | 0.64 | Normal | Basal ganglia | (our case) | ||||