机构:[1]Department of Intensive Care Unit, Jining No. 1 People’s Hospital, Jining 272000, China[2]Department of Neurology , Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University , 100053 Beijing, China神经科系统神经内科首都医科大学宣武医院[3]Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden[4]Department of Neurology, Jining No. 1 People’s Hospital, Jining 272000, China[5]Department of Neurology, The First Afliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116011 Dalian, China
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a clinicoradiologic syndrome typically characterized by transient mild encephalitis or encephalopathy with reversible lesions being found in the splenium of corpus callosum (SCC) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A variety of pathogens including influenza virus, rotavirus, and adenovirus associated with MERS have been reported. However, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related MERS is relatively rare in infants. In this study, we report two Chinese infants who suffered from RSV-related MERS. Both infants manifested as fever, seizure, and altered states of consciousness with confirmed detections of RSV-RNA in the specimens from throat swab. Clinical symptoms/signs such as apnea and shallow breathing were also noted in these two infants. Furthermore, brain MRI images indicated reversible isolated lesions with transiently reduced diffusion in the SCC. Fortunately, both of these two infants recovered completely following treatment within a month. Our study suggests that RSV may serve as a novel causative agent for MERS in infants. Clinicians should focus more attention on RSV-related MERS in infants in order to improve early accurate diagnosis and therapeutic decision making.
基金:
Medicine and Health Science Technology Development Program of Shandong Province [202003070713]
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Intensive Care Unit, Jining No. 1 People’s Hospital, Jining 272000, China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Li Xue-Lin,Han Jinming,Yan Zhong-Rui,et al.Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants[J].JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY.2021,27(4):638-643.doi:10.1007/s13365-021-00992-y.
APA:
Li, Xue-Lin,Han, Jinming,Yan, Zhong-Rui,Zhang, Bing-Wei&Wang, Hai-Yang.(2021).Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants.JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY,27,(4)
MLA:
Li, Xue-Lin,et al."Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants".JOURNAL OF NEUROVIROLOGY 27..4(2021):638-643