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Pediatr Neurol. 2013 Aug;49(2):97-101. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.04.004.
Neurological and muscular manifestations associated with influenza B infection in children.
Moon JH, Na JY, Kim JH, Yum MK, Oh JW, Kim CR, Seol IJ.
Source
Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: jhmoon@hyumc.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Influenza viruses have been associated with various neurological and muscular symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pediatric neurological and muscular manifestations of influenza B during a 5-month epidemic at a single center.
METHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 355 pediatric patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza B infection.
RESULTS:
Neurological and muscular symptoms were exhibited by 28 patients (7.9%). The mean age was 48.7 ? 25.2 months. The mean time between respiratory symptoms and neurological symptoms was 2.2 ? 1.5 days. The most common symptom was seizure (19/28, 67.9%), followed by myositis (5/28, 17.9%), increased intracerebral pressure (1/28, 3.6%), delirium (1/28, 3.6%), and severe headache (1/28, 3.6%). There was one severe case of meningitis with myocarditis (1/28, 3.6%). All seizures were febrile: 15 simple febrile seizures (78.9%), three complex febrile seizures (15.8%), and one febrile status epilepticus (5.3%). The mean age of nine patients with their first seizures was 37.9 ? 22.2 months, which was older than the typical age of onset for febrile seizure. All the patients, except one, were treated with oseltamivir. There were no deaths or chronic debilitating sequelae.
CONCLUSIONS:
The neurological and muscular complications of influenza B infection in children are relatively mild, and febrile seizure is the most common. However, clinicians should be alert to the possibility of rare severe complications during influenza B outbreaks.
Copyright ? 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23859854
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23859854
Neurological and muscular manifestations associated with influenza B infection in children.
Moon JH, Na JY, Kim JH, Yum MK, Oh JW, Kim CR, Seol IJ.
Source
Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: jhmoon@hyumc.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Influenza viruses have been associated with various neurological and muscular symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pediatric neurological and muscular manifestations of influenza B during a 5-month epidemic at a single center.
METHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 355 pediatric patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza B infection.
RESULTS:
Neurological and muscular symptoms were exhibited by 28 patients (7.9%). The mean age was 48.7 ? 25.2 months. The mean time between respiratory symptoms and neurological symptoms was 2.2 ? 1.5 days. The most common symptom was seizure (19/28, 67.9%), followed by myositis (5/28, 17.9%), increased intracerebral pressure (1/28, 3.6%), delirium (1/28, 3.6%), and severe headache (1/28, 3.6%). There was one severe case of meningitis with myocarditis (1/28, 3.6%). All seizures were febrile: 15 simple febrile seizures (78.9%), three complex febrile seizures (15.8%), and one febrile status epilepticus (5.3%). The mean age of nine patients with their first seizures was 37.9 ? 22.2 months, which was older than the typical age of onset for febrile seizure. All the patients, except one, were treated with oseltamivir. There were no deaths or chronic debilitating sequelae.
CONCLUSIONS:
The neurological and muscular complications of influenza B infection in children are relatively mild, and febrile seizure is the most common. However, clinicians should be alert to the possibility of rare severe complications during influenza B outbreaks.
Copyright ? 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PMID:
23859854
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23859854