TABLE III. Clinical and laboratory findings and in-hospital outcome of 74 patients with possible acute viral neurological impairmenta registered in the state of Piauí.
| Arboviral neuroinvasive diseaseb (n = 26) | Non-arboviral neuroinvasive disease (n = 48) | ||
| nº (%) | nº (%) | pc | |
| Clinical findings | |||
| Fever | 22 (85) | 21 (44) | 0.01 |
| Rash | 8 (31) | 9 (19) | 0.19 |
| Conjunctival hyperaemia | 2 (8) | 4 (8) | 0.64 |
| Arthralgia / arthritis | 8 (31) | 8 (17) | 0.14 |
| Myalgia | 11 (42) | 10 (21) | 0.04 |
| Laboratory data | |||
| Leukopenia | 1 (4) | 3 (6) | 0.55 |
| Thrombocytopenia | 3 (16) | 3 (6) | 0.51 |
| In-hospital outcome | |||
| Death | 7 (27) | 6 (13) | 0.11 |
a: encephalitis, transverse myelitis, encephalomyelitis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome; b: dengue, Zika or chikungunya fever; c: Fisher’s exact test.