title: [The course of the tick-born encephalitis (TBE) in patients hospitalized at the Department of Infectious Diseases in Bialystok in the year 2001].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To characterize epidemiological and clinical features of TBE in the Northeastern Poland.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of clinical and epidemiological data of patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of TBE in the Department of the Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections of the Medical University in Białystok in 2001.
  
  
  METHODS
  TBE was diagnosed in 48 patients. From that number 18 (37.5%) presented symptoms of meningitis, 24 (50.0%) meningoencephalitis, 5 (10.4%) meningoencephalomyelitis and 1 (2.1%) meningoencephaloradiculitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Headache (100%) and fever (87.5%) were the most common complaints. Signs of meningitis were observed in 35 patients (72.9%). Common neurological abnormalities were Oppenheim and Babinski signs (18 patients, 37.5%), pareses (8; 16.7%), ataxia (7; 14.58%) and impaired consciousness (6; 12.5%). Cytosis in cerebrospinal fluid (csf) was observed in all patients, frequently accompanied by high csf protein concentration, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (61.5%), leucocytosis (31.25%) and aminotrasferase activity (12.5%). There were no professional forest workers among the patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych i Neuroinfekcji Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Sambor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grygorczuk
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mierzyńska
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zdrodowska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zajkowska
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pancewicz
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondrusik
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swierzbińska
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pryszmont
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hermanowska-Szpakowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001259:Ataxia / Q000821:virology; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000821:virology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology; D006261:Headache / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000821:virology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D001405:Reflex, Babinski / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons