Volume 10, Number 8—August 2004
Research
Human Herpesviruses 6 and 7 and Central Nervous System Infection in Children1
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population with available clinical dataa
Characteristic | No. patients (%) |
---|---|
Demographic |
|
Age: median (range) |
43 days (0–5,948 days) |
<2 y |
148 (68) |
2–6 y |
28 (13) |
>6 y |
42 (19) |
Male:female |
1.1:1 |
Clinical and laboratory |
|
Fever |
121 (56) |
Rash |
24 (11) |
Seizures |
53 (25) |
Seizure disorder |
29 (55) |
Febrile |
7 (13) |
Metabolic |
5 (9) |
Infectious/postinfectious |
5 (9) |
Intracranial bleed |
4 (8) |
Hypoxia |
3 (6) |
Meningitis |
61 (28) |
Encephalitis |
21 (10) |
CSF pleocytosis |
90 (43) |
Immunocompromised | 19 (9) |
aN = 218; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.