Epidemiological analysis regarding the incidence of Aseptic Meningitis between 2006-2012 in Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v12i1.39757Keywords:
Meningitis, Aseptic; Clinical Epidemiology; Child health.Abstract
Aseptic meningitis is defined as meningeal inflammation unrelated to an infectious process in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Fever, headache, hardening of the neck, and altered mental status may be present. Despite the clear diagnostic difference, hospitalization and treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics of children with aseptic meningitis is frequent and becomes a cause of parental stress and increased health care costs. The present study is an epidemiological, ecological, descriptive, retrospective, and quantitative study that aimed to understand the number of confirmed cases of aseptic meningitis in the state of São Paulo in the period between 2006 and 2012 and its comparison with the number of cases recorded in Brazil, correlating age and sex of the affected population. For this, data were collected through the TABNET application of the Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS), which showed that, when compared with the other units of the federation, São Paulo was the state that presented the highest incidence of aseptic meningitis throughout the studied period, followed by the state of Paraná, in 2006, with 25% of the cases and ending the studied period with 6% of the total cases. A declining trend in the number of infant cases in Brazil during this period could be observed. As a perspective for the future, it is expected that new studies involving secondary data can bring a picture of greater visualization of meningitis outbreaks, with public policies implemented in the aspect of prevention and treatment.
References
Figueredo, L. P.; Barreto, C. M. V.; da Silva, W. N. T.; Barros, L. F.; Lima, G. L. R.; Teixeira, R. M. & de Oliveira, S. V. (2021). Perfil da meningite na população pediátrica no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Scientia Plena, 17(9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2021.097501
Dasgupta, K. & Jeong, J. (2019). Developmental biology of the meninges. Genesis, 57(5), e23288. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvg.23288
Mount, H. R. & Boyle, S. D. (2017). Aseptic and Bacterial Meningitis: Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention. American family physician, 96(5), 314–322.
Águeda, S.; Campos, T. & Maia, A. (2013). Prediction of bacterial meningitis based on cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in children. Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 17(4), 401-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2012.12.002.
Fraga, J. C. A. X. O.; Corrêa, A. C. P.; Guimarães, L. V., Silva, L. Rosa, I. M. & Knupp, R. M. (2017). Male mortality trend, 2002-2012: A time series study of a capital of the Brazilian pantanal. Revista Mineira de Enfermagem, (21.ed). DOI 10.5935/1415-2762.20170064.
Aldriweesh, M. A.; Shafaay, E. A.; Alwatban, S. M.; Alkethami, O. M.; Aljuraisi, F. N.; Bosaeed, M. & Alharbi, N. K. (2020). Viruses Causing Aseptic Meningitis: A Tertiary Medical Center Experience With a Multiplex PCR Assay. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 602267. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.602267
Pires, F. R. et al. (2017). Comparison of enterovirus detection in cerebrospinal fluid with Bacterial Meningitis Score in children. Einstein [online], 15(2), 167-172. <https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082017AO3880>.
Huang, C.; Morse, D.; Slater, B.; Anand, M.; Tobin, E.; Smith, P.; Dupuis, M.; Hull, R.; Ferrera, R.; Rosen, B. & Grady, L. (2004). Multiple-year experience in the diagnosis of viral central nervous system infections with a panel of polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of 11 viruses. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 39(5), 630–635. https://doi.org/10.1086/422650
Nery-Guimarães, R.; Bittencourt, L. C. M. & Pastor, M. V. A. (1981). Meningites virais e bacterianas no município do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil): algumas considerações sobre o sistema de informações em saúde sobre a distribuição da doença no espaço urbano. Revista de Saúde Pública [online], 15(4), 379-394. <https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101981000400004>.
PNUD [homepage na internet]. (2021). Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano. https://www.br.undp.org/content/brazil/pt/home/idh0.html
D’Ávila R. L. & Júnior R. A. (2011). Demografia Médica no Brasil: dados gerais e descrição das desigualdades. Conselho Federal de Medicina. https://www.cremesp.org.br/pdfs/demografia_medica_brasil_29112011.pdf
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística [homepage na internet]. (2021). Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios. https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/contas-nacionais/9088-produto-interno-bruto-dos-municipios.html.
Hamilton, M. S.; Jackson, M. A. & Abel, D. (1999). Clinical utility of polymerase chain reaction testing for enteroviral meningitis. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 18(6), 533–537. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-199906000-00011
Robinson, C. C.; Willis, M.; Meagher, A.; Gieseker, K. E.; Rotbart, H. & Glodé, M. P. (2002). Impact of rapid polymerase chain reaction results on management of pediatric patients with enteroviral meningitis. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 21(4), 283–286. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-200204000-00005
Ramers, C.; Billman, G.; Hartin, M.; Ho, S. & Sawyer, M. H. (2000). Impact of a diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid enterovirus polymerase chain reaction test on patient management. JAMA, 283(20), 2680–2685. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.283.20.2680
Costa, M. F. L. & Barreto, S. M. (2003). Tipos de estudos epidemiológicos: conceitos básicos e aplicações na área do envelhecimento. Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde, 12(4), 189-201.
Macêdo Júnior, A. M. de.; Pontes Neta, M. de L.; Duarte, A. R. A.; Soares, T. F. R.; Medeiros, L. N. B. de.; Alcoforado, D. S. G.; Fonseca, M. C.; Macedo, B. M. de.; Nicoletti, G. P. & Marcos, G. C. (2022). Perfil epidemiológico da tuberculose no Brasil, com base nos dados provenientes do DataSUS nos anos de 2021. Research, Society and Development, 11(6), e22311628999. https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i6.28999
Mendes, E. A. R.; Ferro, G. B.; Pinto, F. G.; Teixeira, F. B.; Araújo, P. R. L. de.; Morais, C. A.; Bezerra, R. A. dos S. & Sousa Júnior, A. da S. (2022). Fatores determinantes do perfil epidemiológico da dengue na população da microrregião de notificação de altamira no período de 2014 a 2020. Research, Society and Development, 11(3), e32811326635. https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i3.26635
Sousa, A. R. de A.; Alves, A. A. C.; Mamede, A. L.; Maciel, C. N. A. T.; Marques, D. M. S.; Talassi, G. G.; Pinheiro, L. S.; Rios, M. S.; Melo, P. P. M. de. & Moura, A. de A. (2021). Estudo Epidemiológico sobre Hepatite na Região Nordeste entre 2010 a 2018 através de dados do DATASUS. Revista Eletrônica Acervo Médico, 1(2), e9391. https://doi.org/10.25248/reamed.e9391.2021
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Camilla Caramaschi Vernizzi; Giulia Bisognin Vallim; Marina Costa Fonseca; Sofia Helena Vitte; Vinícius Cesar Silva Baiardi; Walquiria Pedra Parreira
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
1) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
