Abstract

RAMIREZ, Cristhian; GONZALEZ MANRIQUE, Guillermo; CLAROS, Katherin  and  CUADROS, Luisa. H1N1 influenza hemorrhage encephalitis: presentation of a case and review of the literature. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.4, pp.267-273. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022166.

Neurological complications associated with respiratory viruses such as influenza, are described infrequently. Particularly influenza A(H1N1) has few descriptions most of which come from children and young adults.

We present the case of the elderly with respiratory infectious picture and multiple serious systemic complications to your primary table, who during the hospital stay has a encephalopathic box with suggestive clinical and radiologic features of hemorrhagic encephalitis due to its infectious primary agent in this case influenza A H1N1.

Keywords : Encephalitis; neurologic manifestations; influenza a virus; h1n1 subtype (MeSH).

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