| Literature DB >> 16447115 |
Robert G Penn1, Jeannette Guarner, James J Sejvar, Herbert Hartman, Rodney D McComb, Diana L Nevins, Julu Bhatnagar, Sherif R Zaki.
Abstract
A 57-year-old man who had received treatment for B cell lymphoma presented with West Nile virus (WNV) meningoencephalitis. During his 99-day hospitalization, no WNV-specific antibodies were detected. In postmortem central nervous system samples obtained at autopsy, WNV RNA and WNV antigens were detected. This patient's case raises important issues related to the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and possible treatment of persistent WNV infection.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16447115 DOI: 10.1086/500216
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079