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- Title
Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil.
- Authors
Nabity, Scott A.; Araújo, Guilherme C.; Hagan, José E.; Damião, Alcinéia O.; Reis, Mitermayer G.; Ko, Albert I.; Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
- 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.
- Subjects
EL Salvador; BRAZIL; MENINGITIS; URBAN ecology (Sociology); CEREBROSPINAL fluid; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS diagnosis; MENINGITIS diagnosis; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH funding
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 9, p2190
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2609.191001