Falling for a Diagnosis: West Nile Myelitis without Encephalitis.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-4-2019
Abstract
Poliovirus has been eradicated in the US for 40 years. Its sequelae, poliomyelitis, a syndrome characterized by fever, meningitis, and flaccid paralysis, is a rare entity. Other viruses have been implicated in poliomyelitis-like syndromes since the elimination of poliovirus. West Nile virus (WNV), since its westward migration in 1999, has recently been found to be a causative agent of fever, encephalitis, and acute flaccid paralysis. We present the case of a male who presented to the hospital for fever and experienced a subsequent fall, without any symptoms of encephalitis, diagnosed with WNV infection.
Volume
11
Issue
10
First Page
5838
Last Page
5838
ISSN
2168-8184
Published In/Presented At
Chan, V., Minalyan, A., Ottman, P., Raza, A., & Tewary, A. (2019). Falling for a Diagnosis: West Nile Myelitis without Encephalitis. Cureus, 11(10), e5838. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5838
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31754573
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article