Influenza B meningoencephalitis

Méningoencéphalite à influenza B

Emilie Piet (1) , Pierre Tattevin (2) , Alexandra Mailles (3) , Jean-Paul Stahl (4)

1 CHU Annecy
2 Service des maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale [Rennes] = Infectious Disease and Intensive Care [Rennes]
3 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire
4 CHU - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [Grenoble]

Encephalitis is a rare complication of influenza, mostly reported with influenza A and in children. We report two cases of influenza B meningoencephalitis in adults enrolled in the French encephalitis cohort study (ENCEIF) during the 2015–2016 seasonal influenza outbreak.

Keywords: Influenza B; Encephalitis; Oseltamivir

Keywords: Encéphalite

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Emilie Piet, Pierre Tattevin, Alexandra Mailles, Jean-Paul Stahl. Influenza B meningoencephalitis. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2017, 47 (6), pp.435-436. ⟨10.1016/j.medmal.2017.06.001⟩. ⟨hal-01621639⟩