García-Elorriaga Guadalupe, Esparza-García Amalia, Méndez-Rojas Claudia, del Rey-Pineda Guillermo, González-Bonilla César
Unidad de Investigación en Inmunología e Infectología, Hospital de Infectología Dr. Federico Méndez, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, IMSS, México, DF.
Rev Invest Clin. 2012 Jan-Feb;64(1):59-66.
We standardized the RT-PCR panviral CSF and determined its applicability in detecting acute enterovirus infection in the central nervous system in children under 15 years.
RT-PCR was performed directly in CSF samples of 10 pediatric patients with suspected CNS infection and 9, with different conditions of the central nervous system.
80% (8/10) of RT-PCR samples were positive for enterovirus in patients with suspected CNS infection and no sample was positive in patients with different ailments.
Since enteroviruses are among the main etiologies of pediatric encephalitis, RT-PCR could be particularly useful for rapid detection in CSF.