Fatal hepatic necrosis in a neonate with echovirus 20 infection: use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect enterovirus in liver tissue

Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Mar;24(3):523-4. doi: 10.1093/clinids/24.3.523.

Authors

M Chambon¹, C Delage, J L Bailly, J Gaulme, P Dechelotte, C Henquell, C Jallat, H Peigue-Lafeuille

Affiliation

¹ Service de Virologie, Faculté de Medecine, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, France.

PMID: 9114219
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.3.523

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Echovirus Infections / diagnosis*
Echovirus Infections / virology
Enterovirus B, Human / isolation & purification*
Female
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / virology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Liver / pathology
Liver / virology*
Necrosis
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*