Acute flaccid paralysis: The new, the old, and the preventable

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Macesic, N ^a,c   Hall, V ^a   Mahony, A ^a   Hueston, L ^d   Ng, G ^a   Macdonell, R ^a,e   Hughes, A ^a   Fitt, G ^b   Grayson, M L ^a,e  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Paralysis; Polio; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY TEST KIT; VIRUS CULTURE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 85000351005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv190     Document Type: Article

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