Epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of recovery in childhood encephalitis: A hospital-based study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 839-844

  Dubray, Kara ^a,b   Anglemyer, Andrew ^c   Labeaud, A Desiree ^a   Flori, Heidi ^a   Bloch, Karen ^d   Joaquin, Kara San ^d   Messenger, Sharon ^b   Preas, Christopher ^b   Sheriff, Heather ^b   Glaser, Carol ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

children; encephalitis; outcome; pediatric; predictors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; ATAXIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HALLUCINATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880591479     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318290614f     Document Type: Review

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