Successful treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin of acute flaccid paralysis caused by west nile virus.
West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the leading causes of insect-borne encephalitis and acute flaccid paralysis in the US. Acute flaccid paralysis is a potentially serious illness, which manifests itself as a Guillain-Barré-like syndrome with generalized weakness and shortness of breath. We report a case involving a patient who presented with acute flaccid paralysis due to WNV infection and was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin from Israeli donors.
Walid
Mohammad Sami
MS
Mohammad Sami Walid, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA. E-mail: mswalid@yahoo.com.
Mahmoud
Fade Aziz
FA