ENTEROVIRAL MENINGITIS IN VERY YOUNG INFANTS

Abstract

Enteroviral meningitis was studied in five infants less than 6 weeks of age. Eight additional cases of suspected enteroviral meningitis from the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital were reviewed with regard to symptoms, CSF findings, neurologic examination, prognosis, and epidemiology. The entity of enteroviral meningitis should be considered in and viral cultures obtained from any young infant when examination of the CSF reveals a pleocytosis, normal glucose, and absence of organisms on Gram's stain and culture.