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The case reported refers to a patient who developed status epilepticus in the day of her third dose of hepatitis B vaccination and we review the literature on this subject. A 12 year-old girl, without a relevant previous history, taking no drugs, developed a seizure attack followed by
A 55-year-old woman underwent living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). She had no history of autoimmune diseases. Spleen was preserved. Steroids were withdrawn at 3 months after LDLT. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection occurred at 3.5 years after LDLT. Recurrent hepatitis C virus infection was
A 66-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of unconsciousness. He was diagnosed with pneumococcal meningitis and treated with a combination of antibiotics (meropenem hydrate), dexamethasone, and intravenous immunoglobulin. Although he gradually regained consciousness, he started showing
Two epileptic patients treated with anticonvulsants of valproic acid, phenobarbital, nitrazepam, and diphenylhydantoin developed anorexia, convulsions, and unconsciousness. The liver biopsy samples showed degenerated hepatocytes containing enlarged mitochondria with a distorted matrix. The matrix
WNV causes 1.4% of all central nervous system infections and is the most common cause of epidemic neuro-invasive disease in humans.Our main objective was to investigate retrospectively West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNND) cases hospitalized during