Paediatric Australian bat lyssavirus encephalomyelitis - sequential MRI appearances from symptom onset to death

Umesh Shetty; Mark Phillips; Joshua R Francis; Mark Walsh

doi:10.1007/s00247-015-3371-3

Paediatric Australian bat lyssavirus encephalomyelitis - sequential MRI appearances from symptom onset to death

Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Oct;45(11):1716-21. doi: 10.1007/s00247-015-3371-3. Epub 2015 Jun 17.

Authors

Umesh Shetty¹, Mark Phillips², Joshua R Francis³, Mark Walsh²

Affiliations

¹ Mater Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Medical Imaging Department, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia, , QLD, 4101. umka22@gmail.com.
² Mater Hospital and Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Medical Imaging Department, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia, , QLD, 4101.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia.

PMID: 26081671
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3371-3

Abstract

Human infection with Australian bat lyssavirus is extremely rare. Here we present the craniospinal findings in a fatal case of Australian bat lyssavirus infection in an 8-year-old child. MRI plays a very important role, not only in the diagnostic work-up of Australian bat lyssavirus infection but also in the prognostic assessment.

Keywords: Australian bat lyssavirus; Brain; Child; Lyssavirus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Australia
Child
Disease Progression
Encephalomyelitis / pathology*
Encephalomyelitis / virology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Lyssavirus*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Rhabdoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
Symptom Assessment