Encephalitis and Meningitis
Etiology and prognosis of acute viral encephalitis and meningitis in Chinese children: a multicentre prospective study
... It has been reported that herpes virus DNA was de- tected in CSF of some patients with confirmed enterovirus meningitis [10]. However, the occurrence of coinfection of herpes viruses and enteroviruses in CNS seems ...
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One Year in the Life of a Rapid Syndromic Panel for Meningitis/Encephalitis: a Pediatric Tertiary Care Facility's Experience
... of meningitis in immunocompetent children, and the detection of the main viral agents of encephalitis and meningitis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised ...
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Subcortical Low Intensity on MR Images of Meningitis, Viral Encephalitis, and Leptomeningeal Metastasis
... pyogenic meningitis and meningitis of unknown cause, as well as subdural empyema and subdural fluid, respectively (Fig ...with meningitis or encephalitis, cortical hyperintensity near ...
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Aseptic meningitis and encephalitis: the role of PCR in the diagnostic laboratory
... aseptic meningitis and encephalitis are (i) to provide a rational basis for chemotherapy and prognosis, (ii) to limit unnecessary investigations, and (iii) to provide epidemiological ...viral ...
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Detection and Typing of Human Herpesvirus 6 by Molecular Methods in Specimens from Patients Diagnosed with Encephalitis or Meningitis
... of encephalitis or ...Louis encephalitis virus, Cali- fornia serogroup viruses, Cache Valley virus, and eastern equine encephalitis virus were ruled out for specimens that were received during the ...
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Clinical benefits of FilmArray meningitis encephalitis PCR assay in partially treated bacterial meningitis in Israel
... Our study provides unique information about the clin- ical-epidemiological benefits of using the FA-ME PCR assay for the diagnosis PCBM. Previous studies have shown the analytical qualities of molecular tests for the ...
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An approach for differentiating echovirus 30 and Japanese encephalitis virus infections in acute meningitis/encephalitis: a retrospective study of 103 cases in Vietnam
... E30 and JEV are the causative agents of acute meningi- tis/encephalitis in Asian countries. In the present report, Vietnamese patients with an admitting diagnosis of acute meningitis/encephalitis ...
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The etiology of acute meningitis and encephalitis syndromes in a sentinel pediatric hospital, Shenzhen, China
... aseptic meningitis and encephalitis, EV accounted for the majority of viruses detected and 92% of EV infection was found in children over 1 year of age, in agreement with the previous study ...
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Point Counterpoint: Meningitis/Encephalitis Syndromic Testing in the Clinical Laboratory
... bacterial meningitis, a relatively infrequent disease in the postvaccine era which requires immediate ...bacterial meningitis are for organisms included in the panel, the risk of harm for any bacterial ...
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Multicenter Evaluation of BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel for Detection of Bacteria, Viruses, and Yeast in Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens
... with meningitis/encephalitis ...bacterial meningitis, culture is useful but takes 2 to 5 days and may be falsely negative if the organism is fastidious, pretreat- ment with antibiotics or incorrect ...
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CT, MR, and Pathology in HIV Encephalitis and Meningitis
... Autopsy, however, shortly thereafter revealed not only cortical atrophy but also considerable parenchymal changes with microglial nodules with syncytial multinucleated giant cells, sever[r] ...
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Neurologic Disorders After Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination
... severe encephalitis and meningitis requiring hospitalization could be assessed ...with encephalitis and meningitis, the interval between vaccination and the day of hospi- talization was ...
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Chemokines and matrix metalloproteinases in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with central nervous system complications caused by varicella-zoster virus
... simplex encephalitis and meningitis pa- tients, whereas CXCL11 is exclusively found in herpes simplex meningitis patients ...oviral meningitis, the CSF levels of CXCL10, but not CXCL9, are ...
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ACUTE SEROUS MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS COMPLICATING SCARLET FEVER
... Duration of fever associated with acute serous meningitis complicating scarlet fever in 24 patients.. well adjusted.[r] ...
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Original Article Molecular assay and genotyping of childhood enterovirus infection in central nervous system
... EV is one common pathogen in humans and can lead to various diseases [13]. Epidemiology survey showed worldwide distribution of EV infection, with high incidence, morbidity and mortality, thus severely affecting the ...
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Factors influencing cerebrospinal fluid and plasma HIV 1 RNA detection rate in patients with and without opportunistic neurological disease during the HAART era
... mic encephalitis (p = ...toxoplasmic encephalitis, there was a difference between CSF and plasma viral load, but just in the patients that didn't use ...cryptococcal meningitis (p = ...
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The dubious value of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase measurement for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis
... Viral meningitis/encephalitis ’ and ‘ Con- firmed TBM’ ...cryptococcal meningitis ’ and ‘ Confirmed TBM ’ categor- ...cryptococcal meningitis as ...
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Spectrum of Atypical Presentation of Tubercular Infections of Central Nervous System—Case Series and Review of Literature
... tuberculous encephalitis, the term needs pathological ...TB encephalitis [3], as compared to our case 1 where early diagnosis resulted in fast clinical recovery from comatose ...Tubercular ...
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Delayed Primary HHV-7 Infection and Neurologic Disease
... METHODS: The study included all children who had neurologic disease aged younger than 18 years seen at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, between April 1, 1998 and December 31, 2011, whose cerebrospinal fl ...
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Impact of a Rapid Herpes Simplex Virus PCR Assay on Duration of Acyclovir Therapy
... HSV meningitis or encephalitis (32, ...California Encephalitis Project was unable to detect infectious agents in about 71% of their cases from 1998 to 2000 ...
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