Pediatric Acute Flaccid Paralysis: Enterovirus D68–Associated Anterior Myelitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e19-e23

  Yoder, James A ^a   Lloyd, Michael ^b   Zabrocki, Luke ^c   Auten, Jonathan ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b Eastern Virginia School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

acute flaccid paralysis; AFP; anterior myelitis; enterovirus; EV D68; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ARM PAIN; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS D68; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYELITIS; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDON REFLEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPLICATION; ENTEROVIRUS D; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017455888     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.03.020     Document Type: Article

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