Table 5 Prognosis of different neurologic complications caused by EBV
From: Clinical characteristics of Epstein–Barr virus infection in the pediatric nervous system
Encephalitis/meningitis (64 cases) | Acute myelitis (2 cases) | EBV-HLH (4 cases) | NS-PTLD (1 case) | ADEM (3 cases) | GBS (15 cases) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lost to follow-up | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Death | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
No sequelae | 44 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
Mental retardation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dyskinesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Urination disorders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total development retardation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Secondary epilepsy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Decreased muscle strength | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gait abnormality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Nerve root pain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |