Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil

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.

Resumen en ingles

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.

Palabras clave en portugues

Meningite
Leptospirose
Humanos
Líquido Cefalorraquidiano

Palabras clave en ingles

Meningitis
Leptospirosis
Humans
Cerebrospinal Fluid

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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

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