Acute Flaccid Paralysis Syndrome Associated with Echovirus 19, Managed with Pleconaril and Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Abstract

We describe a 39-year-old woman who had undergone bilateral lung and renal transplantation and who was admitted to the hospital with acute onset of flaccid paralysis of the left leg due to echovirus 19 infection. The patient was treated with pleconaril and intravenous immunoglobulin, which correlated with clinical and laboratory evidence of improvement.