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Boston Children?s Hospital Treating Patients With Polio-Like Symptoms
September 30, 2014 2:15 PM
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Dr. Mark Gorman of Boston Children?s Hospital said at a Tuesday press conference that patients who meet three sets of criteria will have additional samples sent to be tested by the CDC.
Patients who are under 21 years old, have experienced limb weakness on or after Aug. 1 and have an MRI that show lesions near the spinal cord will be tested for Enterovirus D68.
Gorman said Children?s Hospital has seen four patients who met the criteria set by the CDC. Of the four, one had a nasal sample that was negative for Enterovirus D68 and the other results have not yet come in.
The patients admitted to Children?s Hospital range from 4 to 15 years old. None of the four had Enterovirus D68 detected in their spinal fluid...
