CDC: Acute Flaccid Myelitis — United States, 2018
July 12th, 2019Lopez A, Lee A, Guo A, et al. Vital Signs: Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis — United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 9 July 2019. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6827e1external icon
“…….Among all patients with confirmed, probable, and non-AFM, 227 (98%), 26 (100%), and 113 (98%), respectively, were hospitalized, including 127 (60%), 12 (57%), and 54 (50%), respectively, admitted to an intensive care unit; 27% (62) of those with confirmed AFM required respiratory support, 87% of whom (53/61) required mechanical ventilation. No deaths were reported during the acute illness of patients with confirmed AFM who had limb weakness onset in 2018; however, there were two reports of patients confirmed with AFM in 2018 who had died months after limb weakness onset.…..”
