West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency

Abstract We report a male with longstanding warts who presented with severe West Nile virus encephalitis (WNVE) and recovered after interferon alfa-2b and intravenous immunoglobulin. He was later found to have GATA2 deficiency and underwent successful hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

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Main Authors: Jaime S. Rosa, Shanthi Kappagoda, Amy P. Hsu, Joie Davis, Steven M. Holland, Anne Y. Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13223-019-0321-x
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spelling doaj-233a62bf688c43cd97e4fb60ffdcc12b2020-11-25T02:21:16ZengBMCAllergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology1710-14922019-01-011511410.1186/s13223-019-0321-xWest Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiencyJaime S. Rosa0Shanthi Kappagoda1Amy P. Hsu2Joie Davis3Steven M. Holland4Anne Y. Liu5Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of MedicineDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of MedicineLaboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of HealthLaboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of HealthLaboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of HealthDivision of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of MedicineAbstract We report a male with longstanding warts who presented with severe West Nile virus encephalitis (WNVE) and recovered after interferon alfa-2b and intravenous immunoglobulin. He was later found to have GATA2 deficiency and underwent successful hematopoietic stem cell transplant.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13223-019-0321-xWest Nile virusEncephalitisGATA2InterferonImmunoglobulin
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author Jaime S. Rosa
Shanthi Kappagoda
Amy P. Hsu
Joie Davis
Steven M. Holland
Anne Y. Liu
spellingShingle Jaime S. Rosa
Shanthi Kappagoda
Amy P. Hsu
Joie Davis
Steven M. Holland
Anne Y. Liu
West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
West Nile virus
Encephalitis
GATA2
Interferon
Immunoglobulin
author_facet Jaime S. Rosa
Shanthi Kappagoda
Amy P. Hsu
Joie Davis
Steven M. Holland
Anne Y. Liu
author_sort Jaime S. Rosa
title West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency
title_short West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency
title_full West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency
title_fullStr West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency
title_full_unstemmed West Nile virus encephalitis in GATA2 deficiency
title_sort west nile virus encephalitis in gata2 deficiency
publisher BMC
series Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
issn 1710-1492
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Abstract We report a male with longstanding warts who presented with severe West Nile virus encephalitis (WNVE) and recovered after interferon alfa-2b and intravenous immunoglobulin. He was later found to have GATA2 deficiency and underwent successful hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
topic West Nile virus
Encephalitis
GATA2
Interferon
Immunoglobulin
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13223-019-0321-x
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