Abstract:
:Tropical diseases are those that occur primarily or solely in the tropics, and as such include infectious diseases that are particularly prevalent in hot, humid conditions. The incidence of encephalitis in tropical countries is reported to be as high as 6.34/100,000/year. The term encephalitis implies inflammation of the brain and includes the presence of encephalopathy with two and more of the following features: fever, seizures and/or focal neurological findings; a cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis; electroencephalographic findings or abnormal neuroimaging suggestive of encephalitis. Transverse myelitis (TM) is an inflammation of the spinal cord which has a wide variety of clinical presentations depending on the degree (severity of myelin and neuronal injury) and site of spinal cord involvement. In the present article we discuss the various forms of tropical, viral encephalitides and myelitis and the diagnosis and management.
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J Crit Carejournal_title
Journal of critical careauthors
Silva GS,Richards GA,Baker T,Amin PR,Council of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.doi
10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.11.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-12-01 00:00:00pages
355-359eissn
0883-9441issn
1557-8615pii
S0883-9441(17)31714-8journal_volume
42pub_type
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