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West Nile Virus Disease > Drug Therapy Author: Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH; James J. Sejvar, MD; Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH
Module updated - 2011-02-15
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Rationale:

  • Some patients hospitalized with WNV meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive syndromes have had seizures.

Evidence:

  • Three studies have shown that 1% to 16% of patients hospitalized with WNV meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive syndromes have had seizures (35; 36; 44).

Comments:

  • There is no available literature supporting the use of prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy for WNV or other flaviviral illnesses.
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Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. James J. Sejvar, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Nicole Nemeth, DVM, PhD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Deborah Korenstein, MD, FACP, Co-Editor, PIER, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Richard B. Lynn, MD, FACP, Co-Editor, PIER, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.

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