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

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

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&...

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Main Authors: Scott A. Nabity, Guilherme C. Araújo, José E. Hagan, Alcinéia O. Damião, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Guilherme S. Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
leptospirosis
leptospiral meningitis
neuroleptospirosis
aseptic meningitis
viral meningitis
case series
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/19-1001_article

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