Encephalitis and myelitis in tropical countries: Report from the Task Force on Tropical Diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

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dc.citation.volume42
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Gisele Sampaio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Guy A.
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Tim
dc.contributor.authorAmin, Pravin R.
dc.coveragePhiladelphia
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-01T13:21:04Z
dc.date.available2020-09-01T13:21:04Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractTropical diseases are those that occur primarily or solely in the tropics, and as such include infectious diseases that are particularly prevalent in hot, humid conditions. The incidence of encephalitis in tropical countries is reported to be as high as 6.34/100,000/year. The term encephalitis implies inflammation of the brain and includes the presence of encephalopathy with two and more of the following features: fever, seizures and/or focal neurological findings; a cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis; electroencephalographic findings or abnormal neuroimaging suggestive of encephalitis. Transverse myelitis (TM) is an inflammation of the spinal cord which has a wide variety of clinical presentations depending on the degree (severity of myelin and neuronal injury) and site of spinal cord involvement. In the present article we discuss the various forms of tropical, viral encephalitides and myelitis and the diagnosis and management. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Neurol & Neurosurg, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationHosp Israelita Albert Einstein, Programa Integrado Neurol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationHosp Israelita Albert Einstein, Inst Ensino & Pesquisa, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Witwatersrand, Charlotte Maxeke Hosp, Div Crit Care, Johannesburg, South Africa
dc.description.affiliationUniv Witwatersrand, Fac Hlth Sci, Johannesburg, South Africa
dc.description.affiliationQueen Elizabeth Cent Hosp, Dept Anaesthesia & Intens Care, Blantyre, Malawi
dc.description.affiliationKarolinska Inst, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, Global Hlth Hlth Syst & Policy, Stockholm, Sweden
dc.description.affiliationBombay Hosp Inst Med Sci, Dept Crit Care Med, Bombay, Maharashtra, India
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Neurol & Neurosurg, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent355-359
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.001
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Critical Care. Philadelphia, v. 42, p. 355-359, 2017.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.001
dc.identifier.issn0883-9441
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/58071
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000418520500069
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherW B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Critical Care
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectEncephalitisen
dc.subjectMyelitisen
dc.subjectTropical countriesen
dc.subjectArbovirusen
dc.titleEncephalitis and myelitis in tropical countries: Report from the Task Force on Tropical Diseases by the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicineen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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