Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Dispatch
Meningitis Associated with Simultaneous Infection by Multiple Dengue Virus Serotypes in Children, Brazil
Table
Information and laboratory analyses during hospital admission of pediatric patients suspected of having viral CNS infection, Minas Gerais, Brazil*
Patient no. | Age, y/sex | Days hospitalized | Hemogram† |
CSF‡ |
RT-PCR result | Hospital diagnosis | DENV IgM | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hct | PLT | Leuk | Protein | Glucose | Leuk | PMN | |||||||
100 | 3/F | 70 | 42.1 | 205 | 8.4 | 50 | 75 | 30 | 40 | DENV-1 | Dengue | + | |
557 | 9/F | 6 | 38.1 | 206 | 17.4 | 30 | 70 | 28 | 29 | DENV-1/2/3 | Dengue | + | |
571 | 9/F | 3 | 43.1 | 243 | 9.7 | 24 | 63 | 15 | 86 | DENV-2/3 | Dengue/viral meningitis | + | |
572 | 0.6/M | ND | 35.2 | 365 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 2 | 4 | DENV-3 | Viral meningitis | – | |
575 | 0.9/F | 5 | 23.3 | 522 | 10.7 | 97 | 65 | 176 | 1 | DENV-2 | Viral meningitis | – | |
577 | 6 | 8 | 39.1 | 230 | 9 | 35 | 62 | 42 | 10 | DENV-2 | Dengue | + | |
606 | 0.4/M | 3 | 35 | 507 | 7.1 | 34 | 45 | 5 | 2 | DENV-2 | Acute otitis | – |
*CNS, central nervous system; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; DENV, dengue virus; Hct, hematocrit; leuk, leukocytes; ND, not done; PLT, platelets; PMN,
polymorphonuclear neutrophils; +, positive; –, negative.
†Units: Hct, %; PLT, x 103/mL; leuk, × 103 cells/mm3.
‡These laboratory analyses correspond to the first examination made during the acute phase of CNS infection. Units: protein, g/L; glucose, mmol/L; leuk, × 103 cells/mm3; PMN, %.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.