Reis, Rúben and Adragão, Francisco and Parente, Catarina and Nunes, Inês and Ramos, Armindo and Nabais, Inês and Silva, Isa (2021) A Seasonal Cause of Encephalitis: Influenza Virus A (H3N1) Infection. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Influenza virus infection can have a range of presentations, from asymptomatic to life-threatening disease. We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with a known history of schizophrenia (controlled with medication) who presented to our emergency department in a coma after experiencing a seizure. She had reported flu-like symptoms in the previous week, which evolved to dyspnoea and altered mental status culminating in seizures and coma. Influenza virus A (H3N1) was identified in the cerebrospinal fluid. Although a rare cause of encephalitis, the influenza virus should be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially during epidemics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | nfluenza A (H3N1), encephalitis, influenza-associated encephalopathy |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2021 15:12 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 15:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21174 |
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