Encephalitis associated with inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion due to chikungunya infection in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Norma Lucena-Silva, Maria Elisa Lucena Sales de Melo Assunção, Frederico Antônio Pereira Ramos, Fernanda Azevedo, Ronaldo Lessa Junior, Marli Tenório Cordeiro, Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: CHIKV; Encephalitis; Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone hypersecretion; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0434-2016; https://doaj.org/article/a2182637f4754c02b931011daffa8aee

Abstract The symptoms of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection include fever, headache, muscle aches, skin rash, and polyarthralgia, characterized by intense pain, edema, and temporary functional impairment. This is the first report of encephalitis caused by CHIKV infection associated with an atypical presentation of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, evolving to cognitive impairment and apraxia of speech.