title: [Involvement of the nervous system in leptospirosis. II. Cerebrospinal fluid evaluation].
abstract: From January 1st up to September 30th 1990, 77 patients with leptospirosis diagnosis confirmed by laboratory studies were admitted at the Infectious and Parasitic Disease Service of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. The neurological exam was abnormal in 70 of the patients (90.91%). The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination was carried out on 67 (87%) of the patients; it was abnormal in 64 (95.52%) yielding hypercytosis in the majority of cases. There was no difference in the CSF behavior in report to the several neurological forms nor in relation to the icteric or non-icteric forms of the disease. Significant were the results for the microscopic agglutination tests for leptospirosis in the CSF.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital, Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco SDIP/UFPE.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ataíde Júnior
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hinrichsen
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Travassos
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Travassos
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
vernacular_title: Comprometimento do sistema nervoso na leptospirose. II. Avaliação do líquido cefalorraqueano.