PEDIATRICS Vol. 65 No. 4 April 1980, pp. 725-726
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ECHO Virus Type 9 Meningitis Simulating Tuberculous Meningitis

Bradley Scott Malcom MD1, Joseph John Eiden MD, Phd1, and J. Owen Hendley MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville

An infant with mononuclear pleocytosis, hypoglycorrhachia, and elevated protein in cerebrospinal fluid emphasizes the occasional difficulty in distinguishing viral and tuberculous meningitis at the time of presentation. Although the cerebrospinal fluid values were compatible with tuberculous meningitis, ECHO virus type 9 was grown from the spinal fluid.

Submitted on May 18, 1979
Accepted on July 6, 1979