Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso

Neurological manifestations associated with influenza virus infection include encephalitis, encephalopathy, acute necrotizing encephalitis, transverse myelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, mild encephalitis with reversible splenial syndrome (MERS), and Guillaín Barré syndrome. We report a...

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Autores principales: Reyes,Claudia, Miranda,Sebastián, Fica,Alberto, Navarrete,Maritza
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720190007009222019-11-04Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de casoReyes,ClaudiaMiranda,SebastiánFica,AlbertoNavarrete,Maritza Electroencephalography Encephalitis Influenza, Human Seizures Neurological manifestations associated with influenza virus infection include encephalitis, encephalopathy, acute necrotizing encephalitis, transverse myelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, mild encephalitis with reversible splenial syndrome (MERS), and Guillaín Barré syndrome. We report a 16-year-old female who was admitted at our emergency department with seizures, confusion, nystagmus and motor clumsiness five days after an upper a respiratory tract infection. Influenza type B virus infection was confirmed by chain polymerase reaction analysis. The initial electroencephalogram demonstrated a pattern of global slowness without epileptic discharges. One week later, it showed a progression to slow-wave focal bilateral discharges at both temporal and occipital lobes. The patient had a favorable evolution and was discharged 19 days after admission with phenytoin to prevent seizures.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.147 n.7 20192019-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872019000700922es10.4067/S0034-98872019000700922
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Electroencephalography
Encephalitis
Influenza, Human
Seizures
spellingShingle Electroencephalography
Encephalitis
Influenza, Human
Seizures
Reyes,Claudia
Miranda,Sebastián
Fica,Alberto
Navarrete,Maritza
Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso
description Neurological manifestations associated with influenza virus infection include encephalitis, encephalopathy, acute necrotizing encephalitis, transverse myelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, mild encephalitis with reversible splenial syndrome (MERS), and Guillaín Barré syndrome. We report a 16-year-old female who was admitted at our emergency department with seizures, confusion, nystagmus and motor clumsiness five days after an upper a respiratory tract infection. Influenza type B virus infection was confirmed by chain polymerase reaction analysis. The initial electroencephalogram demonstrated a pattern of global slowness without epileptic discharges. One week later, it showed a progression to slow-wave focal bilateral discharges at both temporal and occipital lobes. The patient had a favorable evolution and was discharged 19 days after admission with phenytoin to prevent seizures.
author Reyes,Claudia
Miranda,Sebastián
Fica,Alberto
Navarrete,Maritza
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Miranda,Sebastián
Fica,Alberto
Navarrete,Maritza
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title Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso
title_short Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso
title_full Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso
title_fullStr Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso
title_full_unstemmed Encefalitis por virus influenza B en un paciente adulto. Reporte de caso
title_sort encefalitis por virus influenza b en un paciente adulto. reporte de caso
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2019
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