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First Brazilian Case of Peripheral Mononeuropathy Secondary to Infection Chikungunya Virus
Lucas Aguiar Alencar De Oliveira1, Fernando Jacó Silva Moreira2, Mariana Leite Pereira2, Rayssa Fernandes De Souza Coelho2, Allyson Coelho Ribeiro3, Augusto César Beserra Martins3, José Hugo Andrade Santos Dantas3, Isadora Almendra Costa Coelho Gayosoe Almendra3, Ítalo Araújo Rios Brandão3, July Lima Gomes3, Kamilla Gomes De Sales Souza3, Laysa Moura Cardoso Leal3, Luís Gustavo Silva Bacelar De Andrade3, Vanessa Nepomuceno Da Fonseca Meneses3, Luara Lis Barbosa Boson4, Adriana De Almeida Soares5 and Raimundo Pereira Da Silva Néto6*
1Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
2State University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
3Integral Differential Faculty, Facid/DeVry, Teresina, Brazil
4University Center Uninovafapi, Teresina, Brazil
5Center of Neurology and Headache of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
6Department of Neurology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
- *Corresponding Author:
- Raimundo Pereira da Silva Néto
Department of Neurology
Federal University of Piauí
Avenida Frei Serafim, 2280, Centro, Teresina
PI64001-020, Brazil
Tel: + 55 863215-5696
E-mail: neurocefaleia@terra.com.br
Received date: July 12, 2017; Accepted date: July 28, 2017; Published date: July 31, 2017
Citation: De Oliveira LAA, Moreira FJS, Pereira ML, Coelho RFDS, Ribeiro AC, et al. (2017) First Brazilian Case of Peripheral Mononeuropathy Secondary to Infection Chikungunya Virus. J Neuroinfect Dis 8:256. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.1000256
Copyright: © 2017 De Oliveira LAA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background: Chikungunya is an infection caused by an RNA-virus and transmitted from primates to humans by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Usually, it causes fever, widespread exanthema, myalgia and severe diffuse joints pain but may present several complications, such as neurological manifestations.
Case presentation: We describe a case of a 38-year-old man with diagnostic confirmation of chikungunya virus infection based on the clinical manifestations of the disease and positivity of the serological tests. He has evolved with peripheral mononeuropathy confirmed by clinical examination and electroneuromyography.
Conclusion: Peripheral neuropathy may be a neurological complication of CHIKV infection and to the best of our knowledge this is the first Brazilian case of peripheral mononeuropathy secondary to CHIKV infection.
