Unusual increase of cases of myelitis in a pediatric hospital in Argentina;Aumento inusual de casos de mielitis en un hospital pediátrico en Argentina

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 364-369

  Pérez, M Guadalupe ^a   Rosanova, María T ^a   Freire, María C ^b   Paz, María I ^a   Ruvinsky, Silvina ^a   Rugilo, Carlos ^a   Ruggieri, Víctor ^a   Cisterna, Daniel ^b   Martiren, Soledad ^a   Lema, Cristina ^b   Savransky, Andrea ^a   González, Soledad ^a   Martínez, Leila ^b   Viale, Diana ^a   Bologna, Rosa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid myelitis; Enterovirus; Human enterovirus D68; Pediatrics; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODILY SECRETIONS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENTEROVIRUS A; ENTEROVIRUS B; ENTEROVIRUS C; ENTEROVIRUS D68; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FECAL SWAB; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYELITIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL SECRETION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS C; SMEAR; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ARGENTINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85026655278     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: 16683501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2017.364     Document Type: Article

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