Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015-2017
Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015-2017
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DOI:
10.1542/peds.2019-1619
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发表时间:
2019-11-01
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影响因子:
8
通讯作者:
Patel, Manisha
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作者:
Ayers, Tracy;Lopez, Adriana;Patel, Manisha
BACKGROUND: Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a neurologic condition characterized by flaccid limb weakness. After a large number of reports of AFM in 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began standardized surveillance in the United States to characterize the disease burden and explore potential etiologies and epidemiologic associations. METHODS: Persons meeting the clinical case criteria of acute flaccid limb weakness from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2017, were classified as confirmed (spinal cord gray matter lesions on MRI) or probable (white blood cell count >5 cells per mm(3) in cerebrospinal fluid [CSF]). We describe clinical, radiologic, laboratory, and epidemiologic findings of pediatric patients (age