title: Neurological complication of antirabies vaccination in São Paulo, Brazil. Clinical and therapeutical aspects.
abstract: The author studied especially the clinical aspects and therapeutic results in 73 patients with neurological complication of anti-rabies vaccination. The neuroparalytic accidents and the most constant neurologic signs and symptoms were emphasized. The most common clinical syndrome was thoraco-lumbar meningomyelitis and there were CSF alterations in 88% of the cases studied. Eighteen patients presented neurologic complications after Fuenzalida vaccine: only 1 of them had Guillain-Barré syndrome, 1 had meningoradiculitis, 4 had myelitis and in the other 12 cases there was diffuse involvement of the nervous system especially of the spinal cord and meninges (meningomyelitis and meningoencephalomyelitis).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D008775:Methylprednisolone