title: Paediatric Australian bat lyssavirus encephalomyelitis - sequential MRI appearances from symptom onset to death.
abstract: Human infection with Australian bat lyssavirus is extremely rare. Here we present the craniospinal findings in a fatal case of Australian bat lyssavirus infection in an 8-year-old child. MRI plays a very important role, not only in the diagnostic work-up of Australian bat lyssavirus infection but also in the prognostic assessment.
authors.affiliation: Mater Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Medical Imaging Department, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia, , QLD, 4101. umka22@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Mater Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Medical Imaging Department, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia, , QLD, 4101.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia.
authors.forename: Joshua R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: Mater Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Medical Imaging Department, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia, , QLD, 4101.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D018114:Lyssavirus; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D063189:Symptom Assessment
keywords: Australian bat lyssavirus; Brain; Child; Lyssavirus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord