Causes and clinical features of childhood encephalitis: a multicenter, prospective cohort study

PN Britton, RC Dale, CC Blyth, JE Clark… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background We aimed to determine the contemporary causes, clinical features, and short-
term outcome of encephalitis in Australian children. Methods We prospectively identified …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and etiology of severe childhood encephalitis in the Netherlands

D de Blauw, AHL Bruning, CBE Busch… - The Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Limited data are available on childhood encephalitis. Our study aimed to
increase insight on clinical presentation, etiology, and clinical outcome of children with …

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 …

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 …

Long-term outcomes and risk factors associated with acute encephalitis in children

S Rao, B Elkon, KB Flett, AFD Moss… - Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Factors associated with poor outcomes of children with encephalitis are not well
known. We sought to determine whether electroencephalography (EEG) findings, magnetic …

Epidemiology of encephalitis in children. A prospective multicentre study

M Koskiniemi, M Korppi, K Mustonen, H Rantala… - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
We found 175 cases with acute encephalitis in a population of 791,712 children aged 1
month–15 years during a 2-year surveillance period in 1993–1994. The overall incidence …

Long‐term outcomes of infective encephalitis in children: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

G Khandaker, J Jung, PN Britton, C King… - … Medicine & Child …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The long‐term outcomes of childhood infective encephalitis are variable and not well
quantified. We aimed to systematically review the literature and undertake meta‐analyses …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood encephalitis in the Greater Mekong region (the SouthEast Asia Encephalitis Project): a multicentre prospective study

JD Pommier, C Gorman, Y Crabol, K Bleakley… - The Lancet global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Encephalitis is a worldwide public health issue, with a substantially high burden
among children in southeast Asia. We aimed to determine the causes of encephalitis in …

Case definitions, diagnostic algorithms, and priorities in encephalitis: consensus statement of the international encephalitis consortium

A Venkatesan, AR Tunkel, KC Bloch… - Clinical Infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Encephalitis continues to result in substantial morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Advances in diagnosis and management have been limited, in part, by a lack of …

Childhood encephalitis in Sweden: etiology, clinical presentation and outcome

Å Fowler, T Stödberg, M Eriksson… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Acute encephalitis is a relatively uncommon but potentially harmful CNS inflammation
usually caused by infection. The diagnosis is difficult to establish and the etiology often …