High-dose steroids in the management of acute flaccid paralysis due to West Nile virus infection.
Despite an increasing incidence of severe neurological disease due to West Nile virus, supportive care remains the mainstay of treatment. We present the first report of WNV induced acute flaccid paralysis successfully treated with high-dose corticosteroid therapy.
Pyrgos
Vasilios
V
Department of Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Younus
Faheem
F
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000188:drug therapy; D010243:Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000150:complications*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone