Encephalitis

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Narrative Reviews

Encephalitis

Sections

General | Investigations & Monitoring | Therapies

General

General Management

Alam. Encephalitis: diagnosis, management and recent advances in the field of encephalitides. Postgrad Med J 2022;epublished June 23rd

Background

Pathophysiology

Conditions

Autoimmune Encephalitis

Simabukuro. A critical review and update on autoimmune encephalitis: understanding the alphabet soup. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):143-158
Uy. Autoimmune encephalitis: clinical spectrum and management. Pract Neurol 2021;21(5):412–423
Chen. Autoimmune Encephalitis–Related Seizures and Epilepsy: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches. Mayo Clin Proc 2021;96(8):2029-2039

Paraneoplastic

Vaišvilas. Paraneoplastic encephalitis: clinically based approach on diagnosis and management. Postgraduate Med J 2022;epublished May 19th

Nipah Virus Encephalitis

Alam. Nipah virus, an emerging zoonotic disease causing fatal encephalitis. Clin Med 2022;22:348-352

Brainstem Encephalitis

Zoghaib. Autoimmune Brainstem Encephalitis: An Illustrative Case and a Review of the Literature. J Clin Med 2021;10(13):2970

MOG Encephalitis

Tick-Borne Encephalitis

Worku. Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE): From Tick to Pathology. J. Clin. Med. 2023;12(21):6859

Complications

NMDAR Encephalitis

Gong. Anti-NMDAR antibodies, the blood-brain barrier, and anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Front Neurol 2023:14:1283511

Monitoring & Investigations

Diagnosis

Olie. Diagnosing infectious encephalitis: a narrative review. Clin Microbiol Infect 2024;epublished November 23rd

CSF

Gomes. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis: current diagnostic methods in central nervous system infectious diseases. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022;80(5 Suppl 1):

Therapies

General