Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Nonpolio enterovirus infection; Echovirus infection
Symptoms
Symptoms depend on the site of infection but may include:
- Viral meningitis
Croup Encephalitis - Mouth sores (
herpangina ) Myocarditis Pericarditis Pneumonia - Skin rashes
- Upper respiratory infection
- Sore throat
Signs and tests
Because the illness is often mild and has no specific treatment, specific testing for echovirus is often not done.
ECHO virus can be identified from:
Rectal culture Spinal fluid culture Stool culture Throat culture
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Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in
Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division
of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
