Infectious encephalitis: A description of a Norwegian cohort

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Quist Paulsen, Else ^a   Kran, Anne Marte Bakken ^b   Dunlop, Oona ^a   Wilson, John ^a   Ormaasen, Vidar ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Diagnosis; Encephalitis; Epidemiology; Presentation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRUCELLA; CANDIDA FAMATA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84874047366     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.719634     Document Type: Article

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