Rhombencephalitis associated with Dengue fever

Publication date: Available online 17 March 2016
Source:Journal of Clinical Virology
Author(s): Rajesh Verma, Kavita Bharti, Mannan Mehta, Amrit Bansod
Dengue infection is gradually disseminating throughout the world in alarming proportions. It is a arbovirus infection,transmitted by aedes mosquitoes.It is a multi-systemic disorder associated with varied neurological complications. There is increased trend of development of neurological complications in dengue fever. The neurological complications arising due to dengue infection can be categorized into central and neuromuscular complications. The central nervous system disorders reported with dengue fever are encephalopathy,encephalitis and myelitis.Here we report a case of rhombencephalitis associated with dengue fever. The literature does not mention rhombencephalitis occurring with dengue illness.

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