West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent adolescent.

作者信息

DeBiasi Roberta L, Parsons Julie A, Grabert Brian E

机构信息

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.

出版信息

Pediatr Neurol. 2005 Sep;33(3):217-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.007.

DOI:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.007

PMID:16139740

Abstract

This report describes a case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy adolescent. Clinical features included fever, altered mental status, and speech difficulty, with subsequent hyperesthesia, ataxia, and motor weakness, all of which eventually resolved completely. Magnetic resonance imaging was remarkable for focal abnormalities in the right temporal and bilateral parietal white matter, as well as the corpus callosum.

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