Epstein-Barr virus in cerebrospinal fluid during infectious mononucleosis encephalitis

Yale J Biol Med. 1982 Jan-Feb;55(1):59-63.

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was recovered from cerebrospinal cells (but not from cell-free fluid) of a patient with meningoencephalitis complicating infectious mononucleosis. This finding suggests that virus-altered B lymphocytes can invade the central nervous system and may play a direct role in the pathogenesis of neurologic sequelae of EBV infections. Several mechanisms by which these cells can cause neurologic manifestations are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / immunology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Mononucleosis / complications*
  • Meningoencephalitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningoencephalitis / complications*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral