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Visual Loss with West Nile Virus Infection: A Wider Spectrum of a “New” Disease

Author(s) -

William Anninger,

Martin Lubow

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/382884

Subject(s) - medicine , optic neuritis , uveitis , disease , meningitis , west nile virus , optic nerve , retinitis , virus , virology , pediatrics , dermatology , immunology , ophthalmology , pathology , multiple sclerosis , human cytomegalovirus

We describe a case of severe visual loss as a result of West Nile virus (WNV) infection. Associated headache and fever led to the proper diagnosis and management, but the findings of optic neuritis, retinitis, and uveitis were a surprising and prominent component of the patient's meningitis syndrome. Physicians diagnosing and treating patients with WNV infection should be alerted to the possibility of ocular and optic nerve involvement, which may leave permanent neuropathic residua.

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