Clinical characteristics of echovirus 11 and coxsackievirus B5 infections in Taiwanese children requiring hospitalization.
CONCLUSION: Aseptic meningitis, sepsis-like illness and acute liver failure were more commonly identified in children with Echo11 than those with CoxB5 infections, suggesting greater neurological tropism and virulence toward Echo11.
PMID: 32653431 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - Category: Microbiology Authors: Chen YC, Yang SL, Yang H, Lin TY, Hsieh YC, Huang KA, Kuo CY, Chiu CH, Huang YC, Chu SM, Chen CJ Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research
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