title: Acute transverse myelitis due to Coxsackie virus.
abstract: The case of a young adult male, who after a short upper respiratory illness presented with fever and alarming progressive neurological deficits, is reported. The diagnostic puzzle and the difficulty in establishing a diagnosis are reported. Acute transverse myelitis is a rare clinical manifestation of Coxsackie virus infection, and very few cases of transverse myelitis caused by serotype B have been reported in the English literature. This is a case report of an unusual acute transverse myelitis caused by Coxsackie B2 infection.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, University Hospital, Patras, Greece. istarakis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Starakis
authors.forename: Markos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marangos
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giali
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bassaris
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013129:Spinal Puncture