MR Imaging Findings of Epidemic Enterovirus 71 Encephalitis in Infants and Young Children

To investigate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of acute neurological complications in infants and young children with enterovirus 71 (VE71) infections. MRI studies were obtained for 27 or 44 infants and young children who had acute encephalitic symptoms and positive VE71 isolations during an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Taiwan from April through December 1998. Among the 27 patients with a total of 32 MRI studies...