Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 373-375, November 2008

West Nile virus-induced pancreatitis

  • Jonathan Buber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine E, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Noam Fink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine E, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Hanna Bin

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Zoonotic Viruses, Central Virology Laboratory, Israel
    • ,
  • Meir Mouallem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine E, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 5302437; fax: +972 3 5302165.

Received 31 March 2008; received in revised form 28 July 2008; accepted 6 August 2008. published online 22 September 2008.

Summary 

West Nile Virus (WNV) infection is a fairly common infection in Israel, especially during the summer season. Common manifestations are fever, headaches, malaise and myalgia. Pancreatitis had been described only twice previously as a complication of WNV infection in the medical literature. In this report, an 88-year-old patient is described, who was admitted to hospital with fever, confusion and general deterioration in her condition, accompanied by severe abdominal pain. WNV infection was diagnosed by a lumbar puncture and serological tests. The laboratory results demonstrated elevated amylase and lipase levels. The patient was treated conservatively and the symptoms regressed slowly until full recovery. WNV infection and its complications are described, along with descriptions of previous reports of pancreatitis associated with WNV infection.

Keywords: West Nile virus, Acute pancreatitis, WNV-meningoenchephalitis

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PII: S1477-8939(08)00119-1

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.08.001

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 6, Issue 6 , Pages 373-375, November 2008

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