Rhabdomyolysis in patients with west nile encephalitis and meningitis.

@article{Montgomery2005RhabdomyolysisIP,
  title={Rhabdomyolysis in patients with west nile encephalitis and meningitis.},
  author={S. Montgomery and C. Chow and Stephanie W. Smith and A. Marfin and D. O’Leary and G. Campbell},
  journal={Vector borne and zoonotic diseases},
  year={2005},
  volume={5 3},
  pages={
          252-7
        }
}
Since 1999, more than 6,500 cases of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNND) have been reported in the United States. Patients with WNND can present with muscle weakness that is often assumed to be of neurological origin. During 2002, nearly 3,000 persons with WNV meningitis or encephalitis (or both) were reported in the United States; in suburban Cook County, Illinois, with 244 persons were hospitalized for WNV illnesses. The objective of this investigation was to describe the clinical… Expand
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