During July-September 2022, 14 children suffering from meningoencephalitis tested positive for Coxsackievirus B2 (8 cerebrospinal fluid, 9 stool samples). Mean age 22 months (range 0-60 months); 8 were males. Seven of the children presented with ataxia and 2 had imaging features of rhombencephalitis, not previously described in association with Coxsackievirus B2.
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Kriger, O., Abramovich, A., Fratty, I. S., Leshem, E., Amit, S., Stein, M., … Weil, M. (2023). An Outbreak of Coxsackievirus B Type 2 Acute Meningoencephalitis in Children, Israel, July-September 2022. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42(5), E177–E179. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003876
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