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The use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has increased the diagnostic yield in encephalitis cases; however, it may be occasionally misleading. In this article, we describe the case of a male immunocompetent child with encephalitis in which human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7) was detected in CSF by PCR. As the detection of HHV-7 DNA in the CSF alone is insufficient to prove an etiologic association of severe encephalitis in immunocompetent children, alternative diagnoses were pursued. Enterovirus (E-11) was detected by PCR analysis of the nasopharyngeal and rectal swabs of the male patient. The final diagnosis was facilitated by the findings in his sibling, which presented concurrently with enteroviral encephalitis. Failure to detect enterovirus in the CSF by PCR does not exclude enteroviral encephalitis; screening of other samples, from other body sites, may be necessary to identify the virus, and physicians should take into consideration all evidence, including history, clinical presentation, and sick contacts\u2019 clinical status.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/idr14010014","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,11]],"date-time":"2022-02-11T05:14:43Z","timestamp":1644556483000},"page":"106-111","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Challenges in the Diagnosis of Viral Encephalitis in Children: The Case of Two Siblings"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4026-0328","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eleni","family":"Vergadi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Zacharioudaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5281-475X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Raissaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emmanouil","family":"Galanakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"216","DOI":"10.1179\/2047773214Y.0000000145","article-title":"Enteroviral encephalitis in children: Clinical features, pathophysiology, and treatment advances","volume":"108","author":"Jain","year":"2014","journal-title":"Pathog. 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