Co-infection with coxsackievirus A5 and norovirus GII.4 could have been the trigger of the first episode of severe acute encephalopathy in a six-year-old child with the intermittent form of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD).

doi:10.1007/s00705-017-3299-z

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Co-infection with coxsackievirus A5 and norovirus GII.4 could have been the trigger of the first episode of severe acute encephalopathy in a six-year-old child with the intermittent form of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD).

Archives of virology - 1 Jun 2017

Boros Ákos, Pankovics Péter, Kőmíves Sándor, Liptai Zoltán, Dobner Sarolta, Ujhelyi Enikő, Várallyay György, Zsidegh Petra, Bolba Nóra, Reuter Gábor

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In this case study, a co-infection with coxsackievirus A5 (family Picornaviridae) and norovirus GII.4 (family Caliciviridae) was detected by RT-PCR in a faecal sample from a six-year-old girl with symptoms of severe acute encephalopathy subsequently diagnosed as the intermittent form of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD). The two co-infecting viruses, which had been detected previously, appeared to have triggered...

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