| Title |
Tick borne encephalitis without cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12879-014-0614-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daša Stupica, Franc Strle, Tatjana Avšič-Županc, Mateja Logar, Blaž Pečavar, Fajko F Bajrović |
| Abstract |
BackgroundTick borne encephalitis is the most frequent vector-transmitted infectious disease of the central nervous system in Europe and Asia. The disease caused by European subtype of tick borne encephalitis virus has typically a biphasic clinical course with the second phase presenting as meningitis, meningoencephalitis, or meningoencephalomyelitis. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis is considered a condition sine qua non for the diagnosis of neurologic involvement in tick borne encephalitis, which in routine clinical practice is confirmed by demonstration of serum IgM and IgG antibodies to tick borne encephalitis virus.Case presentationHere we present a patient from Slovenia, an area highly endemic for tick borne encephalitis, with encephalitis but without cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in whom tick borne encephalitis virus infection of the central nervous system was demonstrated.ConclusionCerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis is not mandatory in encephalitis caused by tick borne encephalitis virus. In daily clinical practice, in patients with neurologic symptoms/signs compatible with tick borne encephalitis and the risk of exposure to ticks in a tick borne encephalitis endemic region, the search for central nervous system infection with tick borne encephalitis virus is warranted despite the lack of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis. |
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