West Nile Virus Myelitis

Abstract

Study design: A case report. Setting: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Reuth Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Method: Summary of the clinical course during in-patient and out-patient treatment of a patient with West Nile Virus Myelitis. Results and conclusion: A healthy young woman, whose medical history revealed only a benign Duane syndrome and a few months' duration of bipolar disorder, contracted encephalo-myelitis due to a West Nile Virus infection. Although she recovered remarkably after long-term rehabilitation treatments, some weakness and pain remained.