Meningitis determined by oligosymptomatic dengue virus type 3 infection: Report of a case

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Soares, C N ^a,b   Cabral Castro, M J ^b   Peralta, J M ^b   Freitas, M R G ^a   Puccioni Sohler, M ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CSF; Dengue infection; Neurological manifestations; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 3 INFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449095443     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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