West Nile Infection and Kidney Disease : Description of Two Clinical Cases in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

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The West Nile Virus (WNV), an RNA arbovirus, has been transmitted by wild birds and conveyed by ticks and mosquitoes, with wide diffusion all over the world; it is not transmitted from human to human. It can give clinical symptoms only in a minority of infected subjects such as fever, headache, muscle tiredness, visual disturbances, drowsiness, convulsions and muscle paralysis; in the most serious cases even potentially fatal encephalitis. In the literature there are few reports on WNV infection in patients with kidney diseases: here we report our experience on two patients on peritoneal dialysis infected by WNV with a revision of the literature.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia - 41(2024), 1 vom: 28. Feb.

Sprache:

Italienisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scarpioni, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Valsania, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
De Amicis, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Rocca, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Blanco, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Varì, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Frittoli, Michela [VerfasserIn]
Albertazzi, Vittorio [VerfasserIn]
Ricardi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Melfa, Luigi [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Chronic kidney disease
End-stage kidney failure
English Abstract
Journal Article
Kidney transplant
Peritoneal dialysis
Review
West Nile virus infection

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369165756