title: [Quadriplegia and prolonged respiratory insufficiency due to tick-borne encephalomyelitis. Case report].
abstract: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an uncommon and potentially severe illness. TBE virus is transmitted to the humans by an infected tick and it spreads to the central nervous system determining various clinical pictures. A case in which TBE virus caused an encephalomyelitis with quadriplegia and respiratory insufficiency that persist one year after the diagnosis, is reported. Such a clinical manifestation of TBE has never been described in Italy till now.
authors.affiliation: UOA Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale S. Martino, Belluno, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mazzon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stetka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferracci
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mondardini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertiato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology