Acute flaccid paralysis syndrome associated with echovirus 19, managed with pleconaril and intravenous immunoglobulin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 730-732

  Starlin, Richard ^a   Reed, Nevada ^c,d   Leeman, Beth ^d   Black, Joseph ^e   Trulock, Elbert ^b   Mundy, Linda M ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLECONARIL;

ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ECHO VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXADIAZOLES; PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 0035451104     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322624     Document Type: Article

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