Rapidly progressive dementia with seizures: a post-dengue complication.

作者信息

Mohammed Afsal P, Koraddi Avinash, Prabhu Arvind, Kotian Chitra M, Umakanth Shashikiran

机构信息

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Dr. TMA Pai Hospital (Udupi), Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Dr. TMA Pai Hospital (Udupi), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

出版信息

Trop Doct. 2020 Jan;50(1):81-83. doi: 10.1177/0049475519885798. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

DOI:10.1177/0049475519885798

PMID:31694475

Abstract

Dengue infection can cause various effects on the central and peripheral nervous systems. Direct neurotropism and immunological mechanisms are responsible for most such neurological manifestations. We present the case of a 64-year-old woman with rapidly progressive dementia with seizures following dengue infection.

摘要