Visual loss with West Nile virus infection: a wider spectrum of a "new" disease.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2004
Abstract
We describe a case of severe visual loss as a result of West Nile virus (WNV) infection. Associated headache and fever led to the proper diagnosis and management, but the findings of optic neuritis, retinitis, and uveitis were a surprising and prominent component of the patient's meningitis syndrome. Physicians diagnosing and treating patients with WNV infection should be alerted to the possibility of ocular and optic nerve involvement, which may leave permanent neuropathic residua.
Volume
38
Issue
7
First Page
55
Last Page
56
ISSN
1537-6591
Published In/Presented At
Anninger, W., & Lubow, M. (2004). Visual loss with West Nile virus infection: a wider spectrum of a "new" disease. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 38(7), e55–e56. https://doi.org/10.1086/382884
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
15034847
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article