The WEST Study: A Retrospective and Multicentric Study on the Impact of Steroid Therapy in West Nile Encephalitis.
Marta ColaneriRaffaella LissandrinMatteo CaliaCecilia BassoliElena SeminariAlessandro PavesiFrancesca RovidaFausto BaldantiAlba MuzziGuido ChichinoAngelo RegazzettiCecilia GrecchiAngelo PanMatteo LupiErica FranceschiniCristina MussiniRaffaele BrunoPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
Steroid treatment is currently used on a single-case basis in severe WNND. More prospective data are needed to demonstrate a protective effect on mortality and neurological sequelae.