Sudden unexpected death in children with epilepsy: the many faces of fungal pathogenicity

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dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Monica Levy [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorTufik, Sergio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorColombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorCavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorCysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorScorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUPM
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:27:28Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:27:28Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-01
dc.description.abstractEpilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological diseases worldwide. the mortality rates are considerably higher in people with epilepsy than would be expected in a healthy population and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most frequent epilepsy-related category of death. Most children had seizures before the occurrence of the fatal event and autonomic dysfunction has been proposed as mechanisms of sudden death in this population. Is this sense, we raise the question whether is there a possible relationship between SUDEP in children and fungal pathogenicity. Indeed, the role of fungal pathogenicity in the establishment of epilepsy and even in cases of SUDEP has an interesting role in this scenario. Moreover, maternal infections during pregnancy have been associated with an increased risk for several brain disorders, however, this fact is still considered uncertain with respect to epilepsy.Based on this information and considering that maternal-fetal yeast infection is directly associated with an increased risk for epilepsy in childhood and that some patients have medically intractable epilepsy, the chances of these children suffering a fatal event cannot be overlooked by healthcare professionals. Thus, as exact knowledge regarding this association is lacking, some possibilities could be evaluated, and more emphasis on translational research would contribute to further progress to the knowledge of SUDEP. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Disciplina Neurol Expt, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Dept Psicobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Disciplina Doencas Infecciosas, Dept Med, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUPM, Neurobiol Lab, Programa Posgrad Disturbios Desenvolvimento, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Disciplina Neurol Expt, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Dept Psicobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Disciplina Doencas Infecciosas, Dept Med, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent127-128
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2012.03.015
dc.identifier.citationMedical Hypotheses. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, v. 79, n. 2, p. 127-128, 2012.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.mehy.2012.03.015
dc.identifier.fileWOS000306770700001.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0306-9877
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/35099
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000306770700001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChurchill Livingstone
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Hypotheses
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.titleSudden unexpected death in children with epilepsy: the many faces of fungal pathogenicityen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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