Prognosis of West Nile virus associated acute flaccid paralysis: a case series

Table 1 Presenting clinical features of 7 cases of acute flaccid paralysis

	Baseline characteristics			Presenting clinical features					Therapeutic interventions
Case	Age	Sex	Co-morbidity	Fever	Involved sites	Intubation	CSF WBC (cells/μl)	CSF protein (g/L)	PT	OT	Antidepressants
1	55y	M	None	No	LUE	No	-	-	Yes	No	No
2	54y	M	Hypertension Dyslipidemia	No	Bilateral UE	No	<5	<0.45	No	No	No
3	66y	F	None	No	Bilateral UE and LE	Yes	123	1.27	Yes	Yes	No
4	67y	M	None	No	RLE	No	189	1.04	Yes	No	No
5	60y	F	None	No	Bilateral LE	No	32	0.77	Yes	No	Yes (citalopram)
6	71y	M	Heart failure Parkinson's	Yes	Bilateral LE	No	<5	1.06	Yes	Yes	No
7	52y	M	None	No	RLE	No	39	1.35	Yes	No	No

Abbreviations: y, year; M, male; F, female; L, left; R, right; UE, upper extremity; LE, lower extremity; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WBC, white blood cell count; PT, physiotherapy; OT, occupational therapy.

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