Acute Flaccid Paralysis Syndrome Associated with Echovirus 19, Managed with Pleconaril and Intravenous Immunoglobulin

We describe a 39-year-old woman who had undergone bilateral lung and renal transplantation and who was admitted to the hospital with acute onset of flaccid paralysis of the left leg due to echovirus 19 infection. The patient was treated with pleconaril and intravenous immunoglobulin, which correlate...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2001-09, Vol.33 (5), p.730-732
Main Authors: Starlin, Richard, Reed, Nevada, Leeman, Beth, Black, Joseph, Trulock, Elbert, Mundy, Linda M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Reports
Echovirus infections
Echovirus Infections - diagnosis
Echovirus Infections - drug therapy
Echovirus Infections - etiology
Enterovirus
Female
Human enterovirus B
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immunocompromised Host - immunology
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use
Infections
Infectious diseases
Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects
Legs
Lung Transplantation - adverse effects
Lymphocytes
Medical sciences
Oxadiazoles - therapeutic use
Paralysis
Paraplegia - drug therapy
Paraplegia - microbiology
Poliovirus
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the nervous system
Viruses
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Summary:We describe a 39-year-old woman who had undergone bilateral lung and renal transplantation and who was admitted to the hospital with acute onset of flaccid paralysis of the left leg due to echovirus 19 infection. The patient was treated with pleconaril and intravenous immunoglobulin, which correlated with clinical and laboratory evidence of improvement.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/322624