Status Epilepticus in Central Nervous System Infections: An Experience From a Developing Country

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 618-623

  Misra, Usha Kant ^a   Kalita, Jayantee ^a   Nair, Pradeep P ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Electroencephalography, Encephalitis; Granuloma; Meningitis; Mortality; Outcome; Refractory status; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CLOBAZAM; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAZEPAM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; LORAZEPAM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 45749119071     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Delgado-Escueta A.V., Wasterlain C., Treiman D.M., and Porter R.J. Status epilepticus: summary. Adv Neurol 34 (1983) 537-541
2. Treiman D.M., Meyers P.D., Walton N.Y., et al. A comparison of four treatments for generalized convulsive status epilepticus. Veterans Affairs Status Epilepticus Cooperative Study Group. N Engl J Med 339 (1998) 792-798
3. Aminoff M., and Simon R. Status epilepticus: causes, clinical features and consequences in 98 patients. Am J Med 69 (1980) 657-666
4. Rowan A., and Scotte D. Major status epilepticus. Acta Neurol Scand 46 (1970) 573-584
5. Lowenstein D.H., and Alldridge B.K. Status epilepticus at an urban public hospital in the 1980s. Neurology 43 (1993) 483-488
6. Scholtes F.B., Renier W.O., and Meinardi H. Generalized convulsive status epilepticus: causes, therapy, and outcome in 346 patients. Epilepsia 35 (1994) 1104-1112
7. Riviello Jr. J.J., Ashwal S., Hirtz D., et al. American Academy of Neurology Subcommittee; Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Practice parameter: diagnostic assessment of the child with status epilepticus (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology 67 (2006) 1542-1550
8. DeLorenzo R.J., Pellock J.M., Towne A.R., and Boggs J.G. Epidemiology of status epilepticus. J Clin Neurophysiol 12 (1995) 316-325
9. Del Brutto O.H., Rajashekhar V., White Jr. A.C., et al. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 57 (2001) 177-183
10. Narayanan J.T., and Murthy J.M. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in a neurological intensive care unit: profile in a developing country. Epilepsia 48 (2007) 900-906
11. Misra U.K., Kalita J., Roy A.K., et al. Role of clinical radiological and neurophysiological changes in predicting the outcome of tuberculous meningitis: a multivariate analysis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 68 (2000) 300-303
12. Misra U.K., Kalita J., and Patel R. Sodium valproate vs phenytoin in status epilepticus: a pilot study. Neurology 67 (2006) 340-342
13. Lacroix J., Deal C., Gauthier M., et al. Admissions to a pediatric intensive care unit for status epilepticus: a 10 year experience. Crit Care Med 22 (1994) 827-832
14. Murhty J.M., and Yangala R. Acute symptomatic seizures-incidence and etiological spectrum: a hospital based study from south India. Seizure 8 (1999) 162-165
15. Yamada S., Kameyama T., Nagaya S., et al. Relapsing herpes simplex encephalitis: pathological confirmation of viral reactivation. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 74 (2003) 262-264
16. Gunduz A., Beskardes A.F., Kutlu A., et al. Herpes encephalitis as a cause of nonconvulsive status epilepticus. Epileptic Disord 8 (2006) 57-60
17. McGrath N., Anderson N.D., Crixson M.C., and Powell K.F. Herpes simplex encephalitis treated with acyclovir: diagnosis and longterm outcome. J Neruol Neurosurg Psychiatry 63 (1997) 321-326
18. Misra U.K., and Kalita J. Seizures in Japanese encephalitis. J Neurol Sci 190 (2001) 57-60
19. Solomon T., Dung N.M., Kneen R., et al. Seizures and raised intracranial pressure in Vietnamese patients with Japanese encephalitis. Brain 125 (2002) 1084-1093
20. Kalita J., and Misra U.K. Comparison of CT scan and MRI findings in the diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis. J Neurol Sci 174 (2000) 3-8
21. Sanchetee P.C., Venkataraman C.S., Dhamija R.M., and Roy A.K. Epilepsy as a manifestation of neurocysticercosis. J Assoc Physicians India 39 (1991) 325-328
22. Monteiro L., Nunes B., Mendonca D., and Lopes J. Spectrum of epilepsy in neurocysticercosis: a long-term follow-up of 143 patients. Acta Neurol Scand 92 (1995) 33-40
23. Chen S.F., Huang C.C., Wu H.M., et al. Seizure neuron loss and mossy fibre sprouting in herpes simplex virus type I infected organotypic hippocampal cultures. Epilepsia 45 (2004) 322-332
24. Giroud M., Gras D., Escousse A., et al. Use of injectable valproic acid in status epilepticus. Drug Investig 5 (1993) 154-159
25. Campistol J., Fernandez A., and Ortega J. Status epilepticus in children experience with intravenous valproate: update of treatment guidelines. Rev Neurol 29 (1999) 359-365
26. Holtkamp M., Othman J., Buchheim K., and Meirkorf H. Predictors and prognosis of refractory status epilepticus treated in a neurology intensive care unit. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76 (2005) 534-539
27. Raschilas F., Wolff M., Delatour F., et al. Outcome of and prognostic factors for herpes simplex encephalitis in adult patients: results of a multicenter study. Clin Infect Dis 35 (2002) 254-260
28. Mayer S.A., Claassen J., Lokin J., et al. Refractory status epilepticus, frequency, risk factors and impact on outcome. Arch Neurol 59 (2002) 205-210
29. Towne A.R., Pellock J.M., Ko D., and DeLorenzo R.J. Determinants of mortality in status epilepticus. Epilepsia 35 (1994) 27-34