Virological investigations in adults with acute pneumonia.

Virological investigations (immunofluorescence reactions and isolation attempts with pharyngeal exudate specimens, as well as serological tests) were performed in 110 adult patients with pneumonia. Viral or inframicrobial agents were involved in 70 (63.7%) of the cases, either alone (27 cases) or in association with bacteria (43 cases).

Enterovirus diseases with neurological determinations in adults. Clinical and virological study.

Enteroviruses--4 polio, 30 Coxsackie and 20 echovirus strains--were isolated from 54 patients with neurologic disease. In 29 cases (53.7%) viruses were isolated from the CSF, blood clot and nerve tissue homogenates.