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A 7-year-old boy with sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia developed meningoencephalitis caused by echovirus type 11. He had convulsions, right hemiplegia, cortical motor aphasia, left abducens nerve paralysis, left hypoglossal nerve paralysis, and later became unconscious. Treatment by intravenous injection of conventional gammaglobulin and intrathecal alpha-interferon brought no clinical improvement, but intrathecal administration together with intravenous injection of gammaglobulin containing a high titre of anti-echovirus type 11 antibody was assciated with a dramatic improvement in his clinical symptoms. After subsequent periodical (once or twice a week) administration of specific gammaglobulin for 8 months, the echovirus in his cerebrospinal fluid was no longer detected. These findings suggest that intrathecal injection combined with intravenous injection of high titre antiechovirus type 11 antibodywas effective in treating this case of echovirus meningoencephalitis in sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia.
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Abbreviations
- SRBC:
-
sheep red blood cell
- PPD:
-
purified protein derivative
- PHA:
-
phytohaemaglutinin
- SKSD:
-
streptokinase and streptodornase
- CSF:
-
cerebrospinal fluid
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Kondoh, H., Kobayashi, K., Sugio, Y. et al. Successful treatment of echovirus meningoencephalitis in sex-linked agammaglobulinaemia by intrathecal and intravenous injection of high titre gammaglobulin. Eur J Pediatr 146, 610–612 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02467368
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