Klíšťová meningoencefalitida: 2 komplikované případy
| Title in English | Tick-borne encephalitis: two complicated cases |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Interní medicína pro praxi |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology |
| Keywords | tick-borne encephalitis; post-encephalitic syndrome; palsies; vaccination |
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| Description | Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infection transmitted by ticks. It is a central nervous system disease. Typically it causes meningitis, encephalitis or less often meningomyeloencephalitis. There can be even permanent consenquences of the disease such as post-encephalitic syndrom or palsies which are treatable very slowly. Mortality is about 1-2%. Vacccination is the only effective protection against TBE. This article presents two patients hospitalized in The Department of Infectious Diseases Faculty Hospital Brno, in which disease ended fatally or with permanent health problems. |