Rapidly progressive dementia with seizures: a post-dengue complication

Rapidly progressive dementia with seizures: a post-dengue complication

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 d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Tropical doctor 2020-01, Vol.50 (1), p.81-83
Hauptverfasser: Mohammed, Afsal P, Koraddi, Avinash, Prabhu, Arvind, Kotian, Chitra M, Umakanth, Shashikiran
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Dementia - drug therapy
Dementia - etiology
Dementia - physiopathology
Dengue - complications
Dengue Virus - physiology
Dexamethasone - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Seizures - drug therapy
Seizures - etiology
Seizures - physiopathology
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0049-4755
1758-1133
DOI:10.1177/0049475519885798