Detection of subgroup B respiratory syncytial virus in the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Nov;23(11):1065-6. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000143654.12493.c9.

Abstract

We report detection of subgroup B respiratory syncytial virus in cerebrospinal fluid from a 4-month-old infant, using a 1-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay. The infant was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia and had a febrile seizure. The patient recovered uneventfully after 9 days in the hospital.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Base Sequence
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pneumonia, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • RNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / drug therapy
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / classification
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Viremia / diagnosis*
  • Viremia / drug therapy

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Ampicillin