West Nile Virus Disease Author: Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH; James J. Sejvar, MD; Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH
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Consultation for Diagnosis
  • Consider neurologic consultation to exclude other causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive syndromes.
  • Consider infectious disease consultation to assist with differential diagnosis.

Consider neurologic consultation to exclude other causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive syndromes. C

  • Consult a neurologist to help differentiate other causes of meningitis and encephalitis and to differentiate acute flaccid paralysis syndrome from Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome.
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Consider infectious disease consultation to assist with differential diagnosis. C

  • Consult an infectious disease specialist to help distinguish infectious causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive diseases.
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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. Yanlin Tang, PhD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott.

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