Acute flaccid paralysis

Differential Diagnosis

• Infection
  • Viral
    • Other enteroviruses
      • Enterovirus 71
      • Enterovirus D68
      • Coxsackievirus A7
    • Flaviviridae: West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis
    • Herpesviridae: CMV, EBV, VZV
    • Tick-borne encephalitis
    • HIV-related opportunistic infections
    • Rabies
  • Bacteria
    • Borrelia
    • Diphtheria
    • Botulism
    • Mycoplasma
• Neuropathy
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome, though it is typically symmetrical and bilateral ascending paralysis that may include loss of sensation
  • Acute motor axonal neuropathy
  • Critical illness neuropathy
  • Lead poisoning
  • Other heavy metal poisoning
• Spinal cord
  • Acute transverse myelitis
  • Acute spinal cord compression
  • Trauma
  • Infection
• Neuromuscular junction
  • Myasthenia gravis
• Muscle
  • Polymyositis
  • Viral myositis
  • Post-infectious myositis
  • Critical illness myopathy
• Functional