Cytokine Profile in a Patient With Enterovirus D68-Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis

Pediatr Neurol. 2019 Oct:99:88-90. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.04.011. Epub 2019 Apr 26.

Authors

Ippei Hidaka¹, Takeshi Matsushige², Hirofumi Inoue¹, Madoka Hoshide¹, Komei Shirabe³, Shunji Hasegawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. Electronic address: matsu@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
³ Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi, Japan.

PMID: 31178237
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.04.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute flaccid myelitis; Cytokine; Enterovirus D68; Interferon-γ.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Cytokines / blood
Cytokines / cerebrospinal fluid*
Enterovirus D, Human / pathogenicity*
Enterovirus Infections / blood
Enterovirus Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
Enterovirus Infections / complications*
Enterovirus Infections / virology
Female
Gait Disorders, Neurologic / etiology
Gait Disorders, Neurologic / virology
Headache / etiology
Headache / virology
Humans
Interferon-gamma / blood
Interferon-gamma / cerebrospinal fluid
Interleukin-6 / blood
Interleukin-6 / cerebrospinal fluid
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Muscle Hypotonia / blood
Muscle Hypotonia / cerebrospinal fluid
Muscle Hypotonia / etiology*
Muscle Hypotonia / virology
Myelitis / blood
Myelitis / cerebrospinal fluid
Myelitis / etiology*
Myelitis / virology
Pruritus / etiology
Pruritus / virology
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord / pathology
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / etiology
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / virology

Substances

Cytokines
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-6
Interferon-gamma