title: Focal neurological deficits and West Nile virus infection.
abstract: Our experience with West Nile virus infection revealed that 54% of 28 patients had a focal neurological deficit at presentation. A meningitis or encephalitis syndrome was absent in 47% of patients with focal deficits. Details of the variety of deficits, the time to development of deficits, and the associated radiological and laboratory findings are also discussed in the present report.
authors.affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. nidhi_k_watson@rush.edu
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Bartt
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Houff
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Leurgans
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schneck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000150:complications*