Abstract
This report describes a fatal case of cerebral edema caused by adenovirus in a previously healthy 18-month-old infant who developed skin rash, pulmonary congestion, and fever and who died 6 days later. Adenovirus hexon gene sequences were detected in brain tissue and brain tissue cultures. The virus was typed as adenovirus 5.
MeSH terms
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Adenovirus Infections, Human / complications
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Adenovirus Infections, Human / virology*
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Adenoviruses, Human / genetics
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Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification*
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Adenoviruses, Human / ultrastructure
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Base Sequence
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Brain / ultrastructure
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Brain / virology*
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Brain Edema / complications
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Brain Edema / pathology*
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DNA, Viral / genetics
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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Tumor Cells, Cultured