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Review
. 2019 Sep-Oct;175(7-8):464-468.
doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2019.07.001. Epub 2019 Jul 30.

Infectious myelitis

C Lebrun Frenay  1
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Review

Infectious myelitis

C Lebrun Frenay. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2019 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Infectious pathogens can directly affect the spinal cord or trigger autoimmune reactions, which may result in permanent damage to cord structures. The most common aetiology comes from virus but depend on age, location of the patient and co-morbidities. Acute Flaccid paralysis and acute transverse myelitis are considered as emergencies. Differential diagnosis is mainly relapses of autoimmune diseases, which can mimic infectious myelopathies.

Keywords: CNS infection; MRI; Myelitis.

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