Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018
Dispatch
Human Usutu Virus Infection with Atypical Neurologic Presentation, Montpellier, France, 2016
Yannick Simonin
, Olivier Sillam, Marie J. Carles, Serafin Gutierrez, Patricia Gil, Orianne Constant, Marie F. Martin, Gilda Grard, Philippe Van de Perre, Sara Salinas, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, and Vincent Foulongne
, Olivier Sillam, Marie J. Carles, Serafin Gutierrez, Patricia Gil, Orianne Constant, Marie F. Martin, Gilda Grard, Philippe Van de Perre, Sara Salinas, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, and Vincent Foulongne
Table
Clinical conditions or symptoms associated with microbial investigations of cerebrospinal fluid samples for infections with arboviruses, France*
| Condition | No. (%) positive samples |
|---|---|
| Meningitis/encephalitis | 277 (41.6) |
| Neurologic disorders† | 233 (34.9) |
| Febrile syndrome | 108 (16.2) |
| Other | 48 (7.0) |
| Total | 666 (100.0) |
*Samples collected at the Université de Montpellier Hôpital (Montpellier, France) and Nîmes University Hospital (Nimes, France) during May–November 2016.
†Including (if >2%) convulsion/epileptic seizure (25%); paralysis/paresthesia/polyradiculoneuritis/motor loss/palsy (31%); myelitis (2%); vascularitis (3%); encephalopathy (6%); Guillain-Barré syndrome (4%), headache (15%); and confusion (10%).
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