Open AccessNEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH INFLUENZA B VIRUS INFECTION
Author(s) -
Chien Hui Lin,
Yhu Chering Huang,
Cheng Hsun Chiu,
Chung Guei Huang,
Kuo Chien Tsao,
Tzou Yien Lin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000243194.80616.a9
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalitis , encephalopathy , virus , pediatrics , influenzavirus b , central nervous system disease , viral disease , influenza a virus , orthomyxoviridae , virology , surgery
During a 29-month period, 11 (12%) of 92 hospitalized patients with influenza B virus infection presented neurologic manifestations, which included febrile seizure in 4 cases and encephalopathy/encephalitis in 7 cases. Without appropriate antiviral therapy, recovery was uneventful in all but 1 patient, who had neurologic sequelae of quadriplegia and developmental delay.