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ANICTERIC LEPTOSPIROSIS-ASSOCIATED MENINGITIS IN A TROPICAL URBAN ENVIRONMENT, BRAZIL
Nabity, Scott A. et al. | Date Issued: 2020
Author
Nabity, Scott A.
Araújo, Guilherme C.
Hagan, José E.
Damião, Alcinéia O.
Reis, Mitermayer Galvão dos
Ko, Albert Icksang
Ribeiro, Guilherme de Sousa
Affilliation
Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut, USA / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut, USA /
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Abstract
While studying aseptic meningitis in Salvador, Brazil, we diagnosed anicteric leptospirosis in 1.7% (5/295) of patients hospitalized for aseptic meningitis. Leptospirosis-associated meningitis patients had lower mean cerebrospinal fluid cell counts and protein than other-cause aseptic meningitis (p<0.05). Clinicians must consider leptospirosis-associated meningitis in appropriate clinical-epidemiologic contexts.
Keywords in Portuguese
Meningite
Leptospirose
Humanos
Líquido Cefalorraquidiano
 
Keywords
Meningitis
Leptospirosis
Humans
Cerebrospinal Fluid
 
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citation
NABITY, Scott A. et al. Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020.
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1080-6059