| Journal: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000282116 |
| ISSN: | 0037-8682 |
| Authors: | Darze, Calil1 Lucena, Rita Gomes, Irenio Melo, Ailton1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal da Bahia, Divisao de Neuroinfectologia e Neuroepidemiologia, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Season: | Ene-Feb |
| Volumen: | 33 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 21-26 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico, analítico |
| English abstract | With the purpose of describing the clinical and laboratory characteristics of cryptococcus meningoencephalitis, we reviewed the records of 104 patients admitted with this diagnosis at Couto Maia Hospital, reference for patients with infectious diseases in Salvador-BA Northeastern Brazil, from 1972 to 1996. The patients' age varied from 8 months to 79 years. Sixty-four (61.5%) patients were male. The duration of the disease varied from 2 to 150 days, average 27.7 days. The most common signs and symptoms were headache (92.7%), fever (84.4%) and neck stiffness (83.2%). The cell number in cerebrospinal fluid was greater than 4/mmž in 95.8% of the patients with lymphocyte predominance in 86.3% of the cases. The lethality rate was 42.7% |
| Portuguese abstract | Com o objetivo de descrever as características clínicas e laboratoriais da meningoencefalite criptocócica, foram analisados 104 prontuários de pacientes com este diagnóstico, internados no Hospital Couto Maia, na cidade de Salvador-Bahia, no período de 1972 a 1996. A idade dos pacientes variou de 8 meses a 79 anos. Sessenta e quatro (61,5%) enfermos eram do sexo masculino. O tempo de doença variou de 2 a 150 dias, com média de 27,6 dias. Os sinais e sintomas clínicos mais comuns foram cefaléia (92,7%), febre (84,4%) e rigidez de nuca (83,2%). A celularidade do líquido cefalorraquiano foi superior a 4 cels/mm+ em 95,8% dos pacientes com predominância de linfócitos em 86,3% dos casos. A letalidade foi de 42,7% |
| Disciplines: | Biología, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Hongos, Diagnóstico, Neurología, Meningoencefalitis criptocócica, Meningitis, Criptococosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Líquido cefalorraquídeo |
| Keyword: | Biology, Medicine, Fungi, Diagnosis, Neurology, Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis, Meningitis, Cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Cerebrospinal fluid |
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