Objectives To review the diagnostic criteria for encephalitis and encephalopathy of
presumed infectious etiology, as well as the diagnostic workup for viral encephalitis and its …

Viral encephalitis is a medical emergency. The spectrum of brain involvement and the
prognosis are dependent mainly on the specific pathogen and the immunological state of …

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain structures: neurons, vessels or glial cells.
However, a consensual definition of the syndrome is difficult to obtain, and it is even more …

Numerous viral pathogens possess the ability to invade the central nervous system (CNS)
and produce neurologic dysfunction (Table 1). Although most infections with neurotropic …

Encephalitis is defined as inflammation of brain parenchyma with associated neurologic
dysfunction. The term cerebritis is used when the etiologic organism causes gross …

Encephalitis refers to an acute, usually diffuse, inflammatory process affecting the brain.
While meningitis is primarily an infection of the meninges, a combined meningoencephalitis …

Encephalitis is an uncommon but potentially devastating neurological syndrome with
different aetiologies including direct central nervous system infection with different agents …

Viral encephalitis by definition is the result of human virus affecting the brain and sparing the
meninges. The other nervous system manifestations are meningitis, meningoencephalitis …

Background: Viral encephalitis is a medical emergency. The prognosis depends mainly on
the pathogen and host immunologic state. Correct immediate diagnosis and introduction of …

OBJECTIVES: To study the etiology of viral encephalitis (VE) in the children of western Uttar
Pradesh, India and to assess the clinico-epidemiological profile of these children in relation …