Dengue in Patients with Central Nervous System Manifestations, Brazil

Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Dr. José Frota. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil / Colégio Christus. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.

Abstract

We investigated the prevalence of dengue in patients with suspected viral meningitis/meningoencephalitis in a dengue-endemic area. Cerebrospinal fl uid analysis showed positive results and a 6.74× greater likelihood of identifying positive fl uid in patients who died. Our fi ndings support testing patients with neurologic manifestations for the virus in dengue-endemic areas.

Keywords in Portuguese

Dengue
Manifestações no Sistema nervoso central
Pacientes
Brasil

Keywords

Dengue
Patients
Central Nervous System Manifestations
Brasil

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Citation

ARAÚJO, Fernanda; et al. Dengue in Patients with Central Nervous System Manifestations, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v.18, n.4, p.677-679, Apr. 2012.

DOI

10.3201/eid1804.111522

ISSN

1080-6040

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/16729

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