Enterovirus D68-Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Immunocompromised Woman, Italy

In Italy in 2016, acute flaccid myelitis developed in a woman who had received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Enterovirus D68 viral genome was detected in respiratory and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and the viral protein 1 sequence clustered with lineage B3. Immunocompromised adults may be at risk for enterovirus D68-associated neurologic complications.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Feb;24(2):406. - PMID 31329720

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 23(2017), 10 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 1690-1693

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Giombini, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Rueca, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Barberi, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Iori, Anna Paola [VerfasserIn]
Castilletti, Concetta [VerfasserIn]
Scognamiglio, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Vairo, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Ippolito, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria [VerfasserIn]
Valli, Maria Beatrice [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute flaccid myelitis
Case Reports
Central nervous system infection
Enterovirus D68
Human
Immunocompromised patient
Immunosuppressive Agents
Italy
Journal Article
Molecular epidemiology
VP1 sequencing
Viruses

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.05.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

ErratumIn: Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Feb;24(2):406. - PMID 31329720

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2310.170792

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM276005074