title: Respiratory syncytial virus-associated encephalopathy complicated by congenital myopathy.
abstract: A 23-month-old Japanese girl with a severe form of congenital fiber type disproportion myopathy under mechanical ventilation suffered from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis, complicated with acute encephalopathy. She showed consciousness disturbance and convulsions followed by severe brain damage, a rare complication in RSV infection. Patients with severe neuromuscular diseases are vulnerable to RSV infection. Prophylactic interventions should be recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. kazun-yamagata@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiihara
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D020914:Myopathies, Structural, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human; D012640:Seizures