Comprometimento do sistema nervoso na leptospirose I: Avaliação dos aspectos neurológicos Involvement of the neurvous system in leptospirosis: I. Neurological aspects

Abstract

Entre 1-janeiro e 30-setembro-1990 foram estudados 77 pacientes com diagnóstico de leptospirose confirmada laboratorialmente. Apresentaram início súbito dos sintomas 69 (89,61%) pacientes, com febre, cefaléia, calafrios e mialgias. Observou-se envolvimento plurissistêmico quer nos pacientes ictéricos, quer nos anictéricos. O exame neurológico foi anormal em 70 (90,91%) pacientes, com achados variáveis e que, embora de caráter transitório, permitiram caracterizar as formas clínicas seguintes: meningoencefalite e polineurite associadas, meningoencefalite, polineurite e hemorragia subaracnóidea.From January 1st up to September 30th 1990, 77 patients with leptospirosis confirmed by laboratory studies were admitted at the Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Service of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Clinical manifestations had sudden onset with presence of fever, headache, chills and muscle pains. Plurisystemic involvement was observed both in the icteric and in the non-icteric patients. The neurological exam was abnormal in 70 of the patients (90,91%). Neurological findings were essentially variable. Though in a transitory form, they allowed the observation of the following clinical forms: meningoencephalitis and polyneuritis in association, meningoencephalitis, polyneuritis, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Keywords

• leptospirose
• avaliação neurológica
• formas neurológicas
• leptospirosis
• neurological findings
• neurological forms