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Dengue in patients with central nervous system manifestations, Brazil
Perdigão, Anne Carolinne Bezerra; Araújo, Fernanda; Nogueira, Rita; Araújo, Maurício de Sousa; Cavalcanti, Luciano; Brilhante, Raimunda; Rocha, MarcosWe investigated the prevalence of dengue in patients with suspected viral eningitis/meningoencephalitis in a dengue-endemic area. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed positive results and a 6.74× greater likelihood of identifying positive fluid in patients who died. Our findings support testing patients with neurologic manifestations for the virus in dengue-endemic areas.
Detection of the dengue non-structural 1 antigen in cerebral spinal fluid sampl...
Perdigão, Anne Carolinne Bezerra; Araújo, F.M.C.; Brilhante, Raimunda; Cavalcanti, Luciano; Rocha, M.F.G.; Cordeiro, R.A.; Miralles, I.S.; Araújo, L.C.The involvement of the central nervous system in dengue infections has been reported in countries where the disease in endemic. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit designed to detect the dengue NS1 antigen in serum was able to detect this antigen in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with fatal outcomes. To evaluate the sensitivity of the ki...