OBJECTIVE The present prospective study was undertaken to study the clinical manifestations and mainly neurological complication of an acute febrile illness termed chikungunya which has recently attacked india after 43 years. METHOD This prospective study has been conducted in hospitalised patients admitted in government and private hospitals of Kota city from August 2006 to October 2006. Pat...

A tick-bite associated rash with later neurological manifestations, including pa­ ralysis and meningitis, had been docu­ mented in Europe for several years before Lyme arthritis was recognized in the 1970s.-4 The illness was later understood to be part of a multisysrem disease caused by spirochetae and transmitted by Ixodes ticks. . " Borrelia burgdorferi, although initially thought to be a sin...

We have reviewed the neurological complications not directly attributable to leukaemic infiltration in a group of 438 children with leukaemia or lymphoma. 61 children had one or more complications due chiefly to bleeding, infection, or drug toxicity. Early death from intracranial haemorrhage occurred in 1% of children with lymphoblastic leukaemia and 7% of children with myeloblastic leukaemia. ...

Correspondence to: Dr Donald G Grosset, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK; d.grosset@ clinmed.gla.ac.uk _________________________ A treatment history is a fundamental part of the healthcare consultation. Current drugs (prescribed, over the counter, herbal remedies, drugs of misuse) and how they are taken (frequency, timing, missed and extra doses), drugs...

Kulenkampff, M., Schwartzman, J. S., and Wilson, J. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 46. Neurological complications of pertussis inoculation. Findings are presented in 36 children, seen in the past 11 years, who are believed to have suffered from neurological complications of pertussis inoculation (given as triple vaccine). The clustering of complications in the first 24 hours afte...

During a 10-year period 45 children were identified as having had neurological complications associated with severe arterial hypertension. Convulsions were the most common complication, occurring in 42 (82%) children. Two (4%) children each presented with a facial palsy and 2 (4%) with alterations in the level of consciousness. Nineteen (42%) presented with epileptic seizures as the first sign ...

Prospective multidisciplinary audit from both hospital and community has identified neurological complications persisting for more than 6 weeks in association with pregnancy and delivery. They occurred at a frequency of 1 in 2530 deliveries in the North West Thames Region. Extradural analgesia was considered contributory to a neurological disorder in one of 13,007 patients. The woman had prolon...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) are common in patients with HIV disease, even during suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). This review article addresses the pathogenesis of HAND, focusing on important findings from the last 5 years. RECENT FINDINGS While HIV-associated dementia is now rare in settings with cART availability, mild forms of HAND...