title: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Treated With Intravenous Immunoglobulins.
abstract: We report the case of a 68-year-old man from southeastern Massachusetts presenting with encephalitis due to eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. Despite the high morbidity and mortality rate of EEE, the patient made a near complete recovery in the setting of receiving early intravenous immunoglobulins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Shibani S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mukerji
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Alice D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wilson
keywords: central nervous system; central nervous system infections; encephalitis; movement disorders; viral diseases