WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: A CASE REPORT AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN BULGARIA

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. Serolog...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta clinica Croatica (Tisak) 2019-09, Vol.58 (3), p.546-549
Hauptverfasser:	Baymakova, Magdalena, Christova, Iva, Panayotova, Elitsa, Trifonova, Iva, Chobanov, Aleksandar, Daskalov, Ivaylo, Popov, Georgi T, Plochev, Kamen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bulgaria - epidemiology Case Reports Epidemiological Monitoring Humans Male Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology Nervous System Diseases - therapy Treatment Outcome West Nile Fever - epidemiology West Nile Fever - physiopathology West Nile Fever - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0353-9466 1333-9451
DOI:	10.20471/acc.2019.58.03.21