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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
West nile fever must be differentiated from other diseases that cause, [[fever]], [[skin rash]], [[myalgias]], and [[back pain]], such as: . Severe west nile virus infection must be differentiated from other diseases that cause severe [[headache]], [[altered mental status]], [[seizures]], and [[paralysis]], such as: herpes virus encephalitis, enterovirus encephalitis, bacterial encephalitis, metabolic encephalitis, poliomyelitis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome. | West nile fever must be differentiated from other diseases that cause, [[fever]], [[skin rash]], [[myalgias]], and [[back pain]], such as: . Severe west nile virus infection may present as meningitis, encephalitis or flaccid paralysis and must be differentiated from other diseases that cause severe [[headache]], [[altered mental status]], [[seizures]], and [[paralysis]], such as: herpes virus encephalitis, enterovirus encephalitis, bacterial encephalitis, metabolic encephalitis, poliomyelitis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome. | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 10 September 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
West nile fever must be differentiated from other diseases that cause, fever, skin rash, myalgias, and back pain, such as: . Severe west nile virus infection may present as meningitis, encephalitis or flaccid paralysis and must be differentiated from other diseases that cause severe headache, altered mental status, seizures, and paralysis, such as: herpes virus encephalitis, enterovirus encephalitis, bacterial encephalitis, metabolic encephalitis, poliomyelitis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Differential Diagnosis
West Nile Fever
| Differential Diagnosis |
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Severe West Nile Virus Infection
| West Nile Virus Presentation | Differential Diagnosis |
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| West Nile Virus Encephalitis | Herpes simple virus encephalitis, Enterovirus encephalitis |
| West Nile Virus Meningitis | |
| West Nile Virus Flaccid Paralysis | Acute poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, |