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We report an unusually high number of cases (n = 26) of parechovirus infections in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of neonates and infants admitted with sepsis in the United Kingdom during 8 May to 2 August 2016. Although such infections in neonates and infants are well-documented, parechovirus has not been routinely included in many in-house and commercial PCR assays for CSF testing. Clinicians should consider routine parechovirus testing in young children presenting with sepsis.

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Cluster of human parechovirus infections as the predominant cause of sepsis in neonates and infants, Leicester, United Kingdom, 8 May to 2 August 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Julian+W+Tang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tang Julian W</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christopher+W+Holmes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Holmes Christopher W</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fadwa+A+Elsanousi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Elsanousi Fadwa A</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ayushi+Patel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Patel Ayushi</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fazila+Adam&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Adam Fazila</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Rachel+Speight&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Speight Rachel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Savitha+Shenoy&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Shenoy Savitha</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+Bronnert&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bronnert Daniel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gary+Stiefel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stiefel Gary</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Premkumar+Sundaram&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sundaram Premkumar</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Suchandra+Pande&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pande Suchandra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Arani+Sridhar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sridhar Arani</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Venkatesh+Kairamkonda&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kairamkonda Venkatesh</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Srini+Bandi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bandi Srini</a></span>. Cluster of human parechovirus infections as the predominant cause of sepsis in neonates and infants, Leicester, United Kingdom, 8 May to 2 August 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(34):pii=30326. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.34.30326" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.34.30326</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 11 Aug 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 25 Aug 2016 </span> </p>
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