Complex febrile seizures followed by complete recovery in an infant with high-titer 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct;48(10):3803-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00825-10. Epub 2010 Aug 11.

Abstract

We describe a 2009 H1N1 virus infection with a high viral load in a previously healthy infant who presented with complex febrile seizures and improved on oseltamivir without neurologic sequelae. Febrile seizures may be a complication in young children experiencing infection with high viral loads of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / complications*
  • Influenza, Human / drug therapy
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Male
  • Nasopharynx / virology
  • Oseltamivir / therapeutic use
  • Seizures, Febrile / diagnosis*
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Oseltamivir