Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis and related respiratory complications in a patient with West Nile virus infection

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-269

  Betensley, A D ^a   Jaffery, S H ^a   Collins, H ^a   Sripathi, N ^a   Alabi, F ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIMETHATE; COLY MYCIN M; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOM; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 1542614452     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.2003.009092     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. CDC Office of Communication Media Relations. www.cdc.gov/ad/oc/ media/wncount.htm (accessed 31 December 2002).
2. Nash D, Mostashari F, Fine A, et al. The outbreak of West Nile virus infection in the New York City area in 1999. N Engl J Med 2001;344:1807-14.
3. Hamdan AP, Green P, Mendelson E, et al. Possible benefit of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a lung transplant recipient with West Nile virus encephalitis. Transpl Infect Dis 2002;4:160-2.
4. Nantwi KD, Goshgarian HG. Theophylline-induced recovery in a hemidiaphragm paralyzed by hemisection in rats: contribution of adenosine receptors. Neuropharmacology 1998;37:113-21.
5. Bhaskar KR, Brown R, O'Sullivan DD, et al. Bronchial mucus hypersecretion in acute quadriplegia. Macromolecular yields and glycoconjugate composition. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;143:640-8.