Walid Mohammad Sami, Mahmoud Fade Aziz
Mohammad Sami Walid, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA. E-mail:
Perm J. 2009 Summer;13(3):43-6. doi: 10.7812/TPP/09-028.
West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the leading causes of insect-borne encephalitis and acute flaccid paralysis in the US. Acute flaccid paralysis is a potentially serious illness, which manifests itself as a Guillain-Barré-like syndrome with generalized weakness and shortness of breath. We report a case involving a patient who presented with acute flaccid paralysis due to WNV infection and was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin from Israeli donors.
西尼罗河病毒(WNV)是美国虫媒性脑炎和急性弛缓性麻痹的主要病因之一。急性弛缓性麻痹是一种潜在的严重疾病,表现为类似格林-巴利综合征的症状,伴有全身无力和呼吸急促。我们报告了一例因西尼罗河病毒感染出现急性弛缓性麻痹的患者,该患者接受来自以色列捐赠者的静脉注射免疫球蛋白治疗后获得成功治愈。