how to cite this article: abdinia b, barzegar m, maleki m, behbod h, oskoui sh. association of brucella meningoencephalitis with cerebrospinal fluid shunt in a child: a case report. iran j child neurol. 2013 winter:7(1):35-38.   brucellosis is an endemic zoonosis in iran. it is a systemic infection that can involve any organs or systems of the body and have variable presentations. ventriculoper...

OBJECTIVE To clarify the relationship between enteroviral infection and febrile seizures. STUDY DESIGN Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, throat swab, and rectal swab samples were collected for virologic examination from 67 children with febrile seizures from April 1997 to March 1999. Those samples were examined for the presence of enterovirus using cell culture and 2 polymerase chain reaction...

Orientia tsutsugamushi induces vasculitis leading to symptoms of systemic organ invasion including meningitis and meningoencephalitis. We conducted a retrospective case-control study of scrub typhus patients to investigate the clinical and laboratory features of patients with scrub typhus meningitis or meningoencephalitis, and the therapeutic outcomes, and to determine the predictor factors. Ca...

In order to identify organ and cellular targets of persistent enterovirus infection in vivo, immunocompetent mice (SWR/J, H-2q) were inoculated intraperitoneally with coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3). By use of in situ hybridization for the detection of enteroviral RNA, we show that CVB3 is capable of inducing a multiorgan disease. During acute infection, viral RNA was visualized at high levels in the ...

PURPOSE Nephrotic syndrome is a common chronic illness encountered during childhood. Infections have been identified as a cause of nephrotic syndrome. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between enteroviral infection and nephrotic syndrome. METHODS A nationwide retrospective cohort study was conducted by analyzing data from the National Health Insurance Research Database in ...

Mulford et al. (5) recently investigated the correlation between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocyte count and enteroviral reverse transcription (RT)-PCR results in cases of suspected meningitis. They found that CSF pleocytosis was absent in 30% of infants aged 2 months with a positive enteroviral RT-PCR result, compared with 2% of patients aged 2 months to 18 years and 0% of patients aged 18 y...

BACKGROUND Meningoencephalitis is one of the most common disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) worldwide. Viral meningoencephalitis differs from bacterial meningitis in several aspects. In some developing countries, bacterial meningitis has appropriate clinical management and chemotherapy is available. Virus-associated and virus not detected meningoencephalitis are treatable, however, t...

Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a common disability but frequently misinterpreted. Amongst 6,000 patients referred for general microbiological diagnosis between 1975 and 1987, 420 cases were recognized. Coxsackie B neutralization tests, in 205 of these, demonstrated significant titres in 103/205 (50%), while of 124 additionally investigated for enteroviral IgM, 38/124 (31%) were positive. This ill...

Granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis, necrotizing meningoencephalitis, and necrotizing leukoencephalitis are common inflammatory conditions of the canine central nervous system. Although each disease has unique histopathological features, these canine disorders collectively seem to be aberrant immune responses directed against the central nervous system. A review of the neurological signs and...