The role for intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of West Nile virus encephalitis.
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with high titers to West Nile virus was used as an adjuvant therapy for a patient with West Nile virus encephalitis that did not respond to supportive care. We present this case report and review the evidence supporting the use of high-titer IVIG.
Haley
Michael
M
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Warren Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Retter
Avi S
AS
Fowler
Daniel
D
Gea-Banacloche
Jaun
J
O'Grady
Naomi P
NP
D004660:Encephalitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology*
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous