Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Nabity, Scott A.; Araújo, Guilherme C.; Hagan, José E.; Damião, Alcinéia O.; Reis, Mitermayer G.; Ko, Albert I.; Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases. Sep2020, Vol. 26 Issue 9, p2190-2192. 3p.
- Subject
- *MENINGITIS
*CEREBROSPINAL fluid
*LEPTOSPIROSIS
*LEPTOSPIROSIS diagnosis
*MENINGITIS diagnosis
*RESEARCH
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*EVALUATION research
*COMPARATIVE studies
*RESEARCH funding
URBAN ecology (Sociology)
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]