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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Acute flaccid paralysis in an infant
Antonieo Jude Raja Balraj1, Rohit Bhowmick2, Ananthanarayanan Kasinathan1, Peter Prasanth Kumar Kommu1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India
2 Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Antonieo Jude Raja Balraj
Department of Pediatrics, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_87_21
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The incidence rate of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in India was 12/100,000 people, whereas it is 0.71/million in the United States. The incidence of nonpolio AFM has increased over the years.[1] We present a young infant with a 3-day fever followed by irritability and paucity of movements of the left lower limb for 24 hours. The initial laboratory evaluation was negative for bacterial meningitis. However, a polymerase chain reaction was used to detect enterovirus ribonucleic acid in cerebrospinal fluid. The patient's condition improved as a result of supportive care. This case shows a serious nonpolio enteroviral central nerve infection that presents as acute flaccid paralysis.
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