WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: A CASE REPORT AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN BULGARIA
| Autor: | Iva Christova, Elitsa Panayotova, Georgi T. Popov, Ivaylo Rilkov Daskalov, Iva Trifonova, Aleksandar Chobanov, Magdalena Baymakova, Kamen Plochev |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
030213 general clinical medicine
0209 industrial biotechnology Weakness West Nile virus viruses 02 engineering and technology Disease medicine.disease_cause Antibodies Serology 03 medical and health sciences 020901 industrial engineering & automation 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus Medicine Bulgaria West Nile fever Case reports biology business.industry virus diseases General Medicine medicine.disease Nervous system diseases Supportive psychotherapy Immunology biology.protein Consciousness Disorders RNA Viral Antibody medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Clinica Croatica |
| ISSN: | 1333-9451 0353-9466 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY A case of a 66-year-old man with West Nile neuroinvassive disease manifested with fever, weakness, fatigue, consciousness disorders and underlying diabetes mellitus type 2 and cardiovascular diseases is presented. Laboratory data showed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and fibrinogen. Serological tests revealed West Nile virus specific antibodies of class IgM and IgG in serum. West Nile virus RNA was detected in urine sample. Supportive therapy was applied. |
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