1. Anicteric Leptospirosis-Associated Meningitis in a Tropical Urban Environment, Brazil.
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Nabity, Scott A., Araújo, Guilherme C., Hagan, José E., Damião, Alcinéia O., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I., and Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
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MENINGITIS , *CEREBROSPINAL fluid , *LEPTOSPIROSIS , *LEPTOSPIROSIS diagnosis , *MENINGITIS diagnosis , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *EVALUATION research , *COMPARATIVE studies , *RESEARCH funding ,URBAN ecology (Sociology) - Abstract
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]
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- 2020
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