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Respiratory syncytial virus infection in a 23-month-old girl with severe congenital myopathy was complicated by acute encephalopathy leading to severe brain damage.
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Patients with severe neuromuscular diseases are vulnerable to severe complications from RSV infection, such as acute encephalopathy, suggesting a need for prophylactic interventions.
RSV may cause severe encephalopathy in ventilated myopathy patients; leaves open whether prophylaxis prevents this rare outcome.
A 23-month-old Japanese girl with a severe form of congenital fiber type disproportion myopathy under mechanical ventilation suffered from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis, complicated with acute encephalopathy. She showed consciousness disturbance and convulsions followed by severe brain damage, a rare complication in RSV infection. Patients with severe neuromuscular diseases are vulnerable to RSV infection. Prophylactic interventions should be recommended.
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Nakamura et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis complicated by acute encephalopathy and congenital myopathy (n=1). Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection was evaluated on Acute encephalopathy and severe brain damage. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in a 23-month-old girl with severe congenital myopathy was complicated by acute encephalopathy leading to severe brain damage.
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