DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000004052 ISSN: 0891-3668
Congenital Echovirus 11 Infection in a Neonate
Tomohiro Hirade, Yasuhiro Abe, Satoko Ito, Tadaki Suzuki, Harutaka Katano, Naoto Takahashi, Daisuke Koike, Akiyoshi Nariai, Fumihide Kato- Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology (medical)
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Neonates infected with enterovirus in utero would be fulminant at birth or develop symptoms within a few days. Echovirus 11 causes life-threatening hepatic necrosis with coagulopathy and adrenal hemorrhagic necrosis. The prognosis depends on the enterovirus serotype and the absence of serotype-specific maternal antibodies at the time of delivery. We describe a fatal neonatal case of congenital echovirus 11 infection.