herpes encephalitis


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Noun1.herpes encephalitis - common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1herpes encephalitis - common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis
cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis - inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
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Although a diagnosis of herpes encephalitis may be confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a comprehensive evaluation, including clinical findings, imaging, electroencephalography, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) results, should be performed to reach a possible diagnosis of PCR-negative viral encephalitis or another alternative diagnosis in cases with HSE-resembling encephalitis.
Review of Viral Encephalitis Cases Seen at a Tertiary Care Center in Turkey: Focus on Herpes Simplex Type I
Bilateral ballism after herpes encephalitis with thalamic lesion.
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Features were suggestive of Herpes encephalitis (Figure 2).
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In Chile (8), a series of 15 cases of herpes encephalitis described the main clinical features of the disease.
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Previously reported cases have demonstrated the ability of Gliomatosis Cerebri to mimic infective lesions such as acute diffuse encephalomyelitis, tuberculosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and herpes encephalitis.
Gliomatosis cerebri
Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI of herpes encephalitis.
Apparent Diffusion Coefficient analysis of encephalitis: A comparative study with topographic evaluation and conventional MRI findings
Initial treatment included broad-spectrum antibiotics for presumed sepsis and acyclovir for suspected herpes encephalitis.
Human rabies--Missouri, 2014
Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), MRI of herpes encephalitis.
MR imaging spectrum of Japanese B encephalitis in pediatric age group
A neuropsychiatry assessment confirmed that this lady had acquired brain injury following Herpes encephalitis.
The range of 'medical' psychosis in two case reports
Long term neurological outcome of herpes encephalitis.
Encephalitis in children: presentation of 27 cases/Cocuklarda ansefalit: 27 vakanin sunumu
Three years ago, Robert Nealy, a 55-year-old factory manager from Merseyside, developed herpes encephalitis.
City researchers win pounds 2m aid for brain bug study; Team aids to shed new light on deadly infection
Auditory agnosia in children after herpes encephalitis.
Herpes and its hearing implications: a literature review/ Do herpes e suas implicacoes audiologicas: uma revisao de literatura

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