Journal of Immunology Research and Infectious Diseases

Journal of Immunology Research and Infectious Diseases

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Research and Clinical Highlights Enterovirus Meningitis in the Children-Clinical Spectrum, Viral Serotypes and Result

Levitzky Monteiro1*, Maquart Fridman1, Guidi Fazilleau2

1Department of Allergy and Immunology, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331, USA

2Department of Allergy and Immunology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331, USA

Abstract

Background: picornavirus infectious disease is one in all the most typical viruses inflicting infectious disease in kids that is underdiagnosed. The medical specialty of energy unit infections isn't well studied within the geographical region and Arab Gulf Region. No Study was conducted in Asian country to explore additional concerning infectious agent infectious disease. This study can facilitate to review picornavirus infectious disease to guide management and patient care in Asian country and can facilitate to decrease the price of treatment by avoiding extra investigations.

Aims: This study demonstrates prevalence, clinical presentation and infectious agent serotypes of non-polio picornavirus infectious disease among kids, but fifteen years admitted in Royal hospital; kid health department throughout the timeframe of 1/10/2015 to 29/04/2016. we tend to additionally aim to extend awareness among pediatrician and general practitioners to own an occasional threshold of investigation kids with typical presentation of picornavirus infectious disease and to guide the management set up which can facilitate in reducing the number of patient days and antibiotics usage.

Methods: A retrospective chart review study was conducted at Royal hospital, a tertiary care center in state of Asian country, throughout the amount between 2015-2016. All clinical aspects were studied together with clinical shows, laboratory findings and outcomes.

Results: A thirty-eight cases were enclosed within the study with nearly hour males compared to four-hundredth females. Among all symptoms studied, fever accounts for eighty-seven, headache sixty-six, fifty-two had neck stiffness clinically and solely Martinmas had bulging opening. Among alternative symptoms, lethargy is that the commonest symptoms with nearly Martinmas. metastasis infectious agent panel wiped out eighty-seven of the patients and PCR was positive for picornavirus in forty fifth compared to CSF picornavirus PCR that accounts for 18.4%.

Conclusion: we tend to conclude that picornavirus infectious disease has big selection of clinical presentation. it's delicate self-limiting infection in otherwise healthy kids with totally recover. Most of the cases failed to be needed prolonged antibiotics.

Keywords:
Enterovirus; Children-Clinical spectrum; Viral serotypes.
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