A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease directed against the myelin sheath of the central nervous system that typically presents 1–4 weeks after an infection or vaccination, most commonly in children. We describe a case of a young female who presented with...

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Autores principales: Qamar, Zahra, Tucker, Catherine M., Kenyon, Lawrence C., Royer, Tricia L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8267438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01213
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author Qamar, Zahra
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description Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease directed against the myelin sheath of the central nervous system that typically presents 1–4 weeks after an infection or vaccination, most commonly in children. We describe a case of a young female who presented with rapidly progressive mental deterioration and died secondary to ADEM following an adenovirus upper respiratory tract infection.
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spelling pubmed-82674382021-07-16 A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report Qamar, Zahra Tucker, Catherine M. Kenyon, Lawrence C. Royer, Tricia L. IDCases Case Report Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease directed against the myelin sheath of the central nervous system that typically presents 1–4 weeks after an infection or vaccination, most commonly in children. We describe a case of a young female who presented with rapidly progressive mental deterioration and died secondary to ADEM following an adenovirus upper respiratory tract infection. Elsevier 2021-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8267438/ /pubmed/34277351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01213 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Qamar, Zahra
Tucker, Catherine M.
Kenyon, Lawrence C.
Royer, Tricia L.
A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report
title A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report
title_full A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report
title_fullStr A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report
title_full_unstemmed A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report
title_short A rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: A case report
title_sort rare fatal case of adenovirus serotype 4 associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adult: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8267438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01213
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