A PAEDIATRIC DEATH DUE TO MENINGITIS-AN AUTOPSY DIAGNOSIS OF A RARE COMPLICATION OF INFLUENZA B INFECTION
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Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy, Paediatric Deaths, Seizure, Cerebral OedemaAbstract [English]
Influenza virus belongs to a group of single-stranded RNA viruses in the fam- ily Orthomyxoviridae. They are subdivided into four types as A, B, C and D. As Influenza B is considered a milder form of infection not known to be caus- ing pandemics compared to Influenza A, it is equally a less researched topic than Influenza A. However, few studies have shown that the mortality associ- ated with pediatric Influenza B infection is equal to or sometimes even greater than the mortality associated with Influenza A. Complications of Influenza A or B virus infection include pneumonia, myositis, myocarditis and encephali- tis/encephalopathy. Influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy (IAE) is a rare complication of Influenza infection which is commoner following infec- tion with type A. This case elaborates a death of a three-year-old child due to meningoencephalitis following Influenza Type B infection.
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