West Nile virus meningoencephalitis and acute flaccid paralysis after infliximab treatment

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 191-192

  Chan Tack, Kirk M ^a,b,c   Forrest, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Infliximab; Meningoencephalitis; Tumor necrosis factor; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; AGITATION; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VIREMIA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 30144432221     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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