Encephalitis in children

C Thompson, R Kneen, A Riordan, D Kelly… - Archives of disease in …, 2012 - adc.bmj.com
Encephalitis is an uncommon but potentially devastating neurological syndrome with
different aetiologies including direct central nervous system infection with different agents …

Epidemiology of viral encephalitis in 2011

JP Stahl, A Mailles, L Dacheux, P Morand - Médecine et maladies …, 2011 - Elsevier
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 …

Etiology and prognosis of acute viral encephalitis and meningitis in Chinese children: a multicentre prospective study

J Ai, Z Xie, G Liu, Z Chen, Y Yang, Y Li, J Chen… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In China, there were few studies about the pathogens of acute viral
encephalitis and meningitis in children in recent years. The aims of this study were to …

Encephalitis in Australian children: contemporary trends in hospitalisation

PN Britton, L Khoury, R Booy, N Wood… - Archives of disease in …, 2016 - adc.bmj.com
Objective The clinical epidemiology of childhood encephalitis in Australia is inadequately
understood. We aimed to describe recent trends in childhood encephalitis-related …

Acute encephalitis in children: Progress and priorities from an A ustralasian perspective

PN Britton, RC Dale, R Booy… - Journal of Paediatrics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Encephalitis is a complex neurological syndrome caused by inflammation of the brain that
occurs with highest incidence in children. It is challenging to diagnose and manage due to …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological profile of acute viral encephalitis in a sample of Egyptian Children

B Meligy, D Kadry, IH Draz, H Marzouk… - … Journal of Medical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: This study was designed to describe the aetiology, demographic features, clinical
picture, short-term outcome and risk factors of mortality of children with viral encephalitis in …

Acute childhood viral encephalitis in southern Brazil

DA do Valle, MLSF Santos… - The Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Viral meningoencephalitis is highly heterogeneous, varying by geographic
location. The aim of this study was to characterize the etiology and reporting the clinical …

Status epilepticus associated with acute encephalitis: long‐term follow‐up of functional and cognitive outcomes in 72 patients

W Chen, Y Su, M Jiang, G Liu, F Tian… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Continued care in patients with encephalitis and prolonged status
epilepticus (SE) is controversial. Limited data are available on the functional and cognitive …

Outcome of children with acute encephalitis and refractory status epilepticus

J Sasaki, M Chegondi, A Raszynski… - Journal of child …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute encephalitis in children is a life-threatening neurological emergency. However, little is
reported about the outcome of this devastating illness in the United States. The authors …

Epidemiology, etiology and clinical aspects of childhood acute encephalitis in a tertiary pediatric hospital in Costa Rica

F Sevilla-Acosta, A Gutiérrez-Mata… - The Pediatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Limited data are available on childhood encephalitis in Latin America. Our
study aimed to increase insight on clinical presentation, etiology and outcome of children …