West Nile virus encephalitis in a child with left-side weakness.
West Nile virus typically causes self-limited fever with flulike symptoms; pediatric cases are rare. We report a unique case involving a 7-year-old girl with left-side weakness and focal temporal lobe findings resembling herpes encephalitis.
Vidwan
Gurpreet
G
Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA.
Bryant
Kristina K
KK
Puri
Vinay
V
Stover
Beth H
BH
Rabalais
Gerard P
GP
D002648:Child; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000503:physiopathology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014902:West Nile virus