Complex febrile seizures followed by complete recovery in an infant with high-titer 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection.
We describe a 2009 H1N1 virus infection with a high viral load in a previously healthy infant who presented with complex febrile seizures and improved on oseltamivir without neurologic sequelae. Febrile seizures may be a complication in young children experiencing infection with high viral loads of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.
O'Leary
Mandy F
MF
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
Chappell
James D
JD
Stratton
Charles W
CW
Cronin
Robert M
RM
Taylor
Mary B
MB
Tang
Yi-Wei
YW
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D053139:Oseltamivir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019562:Viral Load
D053139:Oseltamivir