A case series of severe dengue with neurological presentation in children from a colombian hyperendemic area
| Autor: | Paula Esteban, Daniela Benavides-del-Castillo, Carlos F. Narváez, Valentina Pastrana, Myriam L. Velandia-Romero, Jaime E. Castellanos, Gladys Acosta, Juanita Panqueba-Salgado, Sigrid Camacho-Ortega, Eliana Calvo, Doris M. Salgado |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Castellanos, Jaime [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-8383], Salgado-García, Doris [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-1996], Narváez, Carlos F. [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0129-5210], Velandia-Romero, Myriam Lucía [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-7304] |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Ataxia Neurology business.industry 030231 tropical medicine General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Dengue fever Serology 03 medical and health sciences Liver disease 0302 clinical medicine medicine Medicine Case Series Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Repositorio U. El Bosque Universidad El Bosque instacron:Universidad El Bosque Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2021 (2021) Case Reports in Medicine |
| Popis: | Dengue transmission is sustained in Colombia with increasing prevalence mainly in children. This work aimed to describe a case series of children diagnosed with dengue presenting neurological disease in Huila Province of Colombia. Eleven pediatric febrile patients confirmed for dengue disease and presenting neurological signs were studied in the University Hospital of Neiva, Huila Province. Clinical and laboratory findings, CSF cytochemical analysis, neurology images, and serology and molecular studies were performed. Viral RNA was detected in all patients' sera by RT-PCR. Nine out of 11 were primary infections. Tonic-clonic seizures (73%), consciousness alterations (27%), irritability (27%), and ataxia (18%) were the most frequent neurological signs. None of the patients had plasma leakage, hypovolemic shock, or liver disease, confirming the encephalitis diagnosis. Diagnostic images did not show abnormal findings, but neither bacterial nor fungal infections were detected in CSF analysis. All patients survived without sequelae except for one patient that presented ataxia for months. In conclusion, we described a group of children with neurological signs during severe dengue disease as the main finding, indicating the importance to including dengue as a differential diagnosis in neurological patients from endemic areas. Dengue transmission is sustained in Colombia with increasing prevalence mainly in children. This work aimed to describe a case series of children diagnosed with dengue presenting neurological disease in Huila Province of Colombia. Eleven pediatric febrile patients confirmed for dengue disease and presenting neurological signs were studied in the University Hospital of Neiva, Huila Province. Clinical and laboratory findings, CSF cytochemical analysis, neurology images, and serology and molecular studies were performed. Viral RNA was detected in all patients' sera by RT-PCR. Nine out of 11 were primary infections. Tonic-clonic seizures (73%), consciousness alterations (27%), irritability (27%), and ataxia (18%) were the most frequent neurological signs. None of the patients had plasma leakage, hypovolemic shock, or liver disease, confirming the encephalitis diagnosis. Diagnostic images did not show abnormal findings, but neither bacterial nor fungal infections were detected in CSF analysis. All patients survived without sequelae except for one patient that presented ataxia for months. In conclusion, we described a group of children with neurological signs during severe dengue disease as the main finding, indicating the importance to including dengue as a differential diagnosis in neurological patients from endemic areas. |
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