Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis After Leptospirosis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 471-473

  Lelis, Susana S R ^a   Fonseca, Luiz F ^a   Xavier, Christovão C ^a   Horta, Maurício B ^a   Cordeiro, Silvia S ^a  

^a Children's Hospital João Paulo II   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 65449152788     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Alonso-Valle H., Muñoz R., Hernández J.L., and Matorras P. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following Leptospira infection. Eur Neurol 46 (2001) 104-105
2. Chandra S.R., Kalpana D., Anilkumar T.V., Kabeer K.A., Chithra P., and Bhaskaran R. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following leptospirosis. J Assoc Physicians India 52 (2004) 327-329
3. Caldemeyer K.S., Smith R.R., Harris T.M., and Edwards M.K. Gadolinium enhancement in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. J Comput Assist Tomogr 15 (1991) 673-675
4. Lukes S.A., and Norman D. Computed tomography in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Ann Neurol 13 (1983) 567-572
5. Atlas S.W., Grossman R.I., Goldberg H.I., Hackney D.B., Bilaniuk L.T., and Zimmerman R.A. MR diagnosis of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. J Comput Assist Tomogr 10 (1986) 798-801
6. Kesselring J., Miller D.H., Robb S.A., et al. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: MRI findings and the distinction from multiple sclerosis. Brain 113 (1990) 291-302
7. Caldemeyer K.S., Smith R.R., Harris T.M., and Edwards M.K. MRI in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Neuroradiology 36 (1994) 216-220
8. Poser C.M., Paty D.W., Scheinberg L., et al. New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis, guidelines for research protocols. Ann Neurol 13 (1983) 227-231
9. Adams R.D., Victor M., and Ropper A.H. Principles of neurology. 7th ed. (2001), McGraw-Hill, New York 921-4
10. Py M.O., and André C. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and meningococcal A and C vaccine: case report. [In Portuguese]. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 55 (1997) 632-635
11. Straub J., Chofflon M., and Delavelle J. Early high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a successful recovery. Neurology 49 (1997) 1145-1147
12. Francis G.S., Duquette P., and Aantel J.P. Inflammatory demyelinating diseases of central nervous system. In: Bradley W.G., Daroff R.B., Fenichel G.M., and Marsden C.D. (Eds). Neurology in clinical practice. 2nd ed. (1996), Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1307-1343
13. Farr R.W. Leptospirosis. Clin Infect Dis 21 (1995) 1-8
14. Panicker J.N., Mammachan R., and Jayakumar R.V. Primary neuroleptospirosis. Postgrad Med J 77 (2001) 589-590