Viral encephalitis: A review of diagnostic methods and guidelines for management

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-343

  Steiner, I ^a   Budka, H ^b   Chaudhuri, A ^c   Koskiniemi, M ^d   Sainio, K ^e   Salonen, O ^e   Kennedy, P G E ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diagnosis; Encephalitis; Guidelines; Therapy; Virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLECONARIL; PROTEIN; VALACICLOVIR;

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDLINE; MUMPS VIRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 17144426931     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01126.x     Document Type: Review

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