Dengue encephalitis presenting as febrile status epilepticus: A case report
Dengue fever is the most important Arboviral infection in the world, with an estimated 100 million cases of dengue infection worldwide eveiy year with a large proportion of patients being children (1). Encephalitis is a rare complication of dengue virus infection and may occur as a consequence of in...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Dengue fever is the most important Arboviral infection in the world, with an estimated 100 million cases of dengue infection worldwide eveiy year with a large proportion of patients being children (1). Encephalitis is a rare complication of dengue virus infection and may occur as a consequence of intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral edema, hyponatremia, cerebral anoxia, release of toxic products or direct viral invasion. |
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| Item Description: | 2349-6592 2455-7099 10.21304/2015.0202.00071 |