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encephalitis (n.)
1.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)
Encephalitis (n.)
1.(MeSH)Inflammation of the BRAIN due to infection, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions. Viral infections (see ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL) are a relatively frequent cause of this condition.
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EncephalitisEn*ceph`a*li"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic (#), a.
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Encephalitis (n.) (MeSH)
Brain Inflammation (MeSH), Encephalitis, Infectious (MeSH), Encephalitis, Rasmussen (MeSH), Infectious Encephalitis (MeSH), Inflammation, Brain (MeSH), Rasmussen's Syndrome (MeSH), Rasmussen Encephalitis (MeSH), Rasmussen Syndrome (MeSH)
encephalitis (n.)
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encephalitis (n.)
↗ brain, encephalon
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Postmeasles encephalitis • Postvaccinal Encephalitis • Powassan Encephalitis • Rasmussen Encephalitis • Rubella encephalitis • Saint Louis Encephalitis • Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus • Schilder's encephalitis • Sequelae of viral encephalitis • St Louis encephalitis • St. Louis Encephalitis • St. Louis Viral Encephalitis • Tick-Borne Encephalitis • Tick-Borne Encephalitis Viruses • Tick-Borne encephalitis virus • Tick-borne viral encephalitis • Tick-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified • Toxic Encephalitis • Type C Lethargic Encephalitis • Unspecified viral encephalitis • Vaccination Encephalitis • Van Bogaert encephalitis • Varicella Encephalitis • Varicella Zoster Encephalitis • Varicella encephalitis • Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis • Venezuelan equine encephalitis • Viral Encephalitis • Viral Encephalitis, Arthropod-Borne • Virus, Encephalitis • Virus, Japanese Encephalitis • Viruses, Encephalitis • Von Economo Encephalitis Type Parkinsonism • West Nile Fever Encephalitis • West 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Encephalitis (n.) [MeSH]
Central Nervous System Infection, Central Nervous System Infections, Infections, Central Nervous System - Central Nervous System Viral Diseases, Central Nervous System Viral Infections, Infections, CNS, Viral, Infections, Viral CNS, Viral Diseases, Central Nervous System, Viral Infections, Central Nervous System - Brain Diseases, Brain Disorders, Brain Pathology, Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial, Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders, CNS Disorders, Intracranial, Encephalon Diseases, Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial CNS Disorders, Pathology, Brain[Hyper.]
encephalitis (n.)
inflammation : cerveau (fr)[Classe]
inflammation, redness, rubor[Hyper.]
brain, encephalon[Dérivé]
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Coronal T2-weighted MR image shows high signal in the temporal lobes including hippocampal formations and parahippogampal gyrae, insulae, and right inferior frontal gyrus. A brain biopsy was performed and the histology was consistent with encephalitis. PCR was repeated on the biopsy specimen and was positive for HSV |
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ICD-10 | A83-A86, B94.1, G05 |
ICD-9 | 323 |
DiseasesDB | 22543 |
eMedicine | emerg/163 |
MeSH | D004660 |
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion, drowsiness, and fatigue. More advanced and serious symptoms include seizures or convulsions, tremors, hallucinations, and memory problems.
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Viral encephalitis can occur either as a direct effect of an acute infection, or as one of the sequelae of a latent infection. The most common causes of acute viral encephalitis are rabies virus, Herpes simplex, poliovirus, measles virus, and JC virus.[1] Other causes include infection by flaviviruses such as Japanese encephalitis virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus or West Nile virus, or by Togaviridae such as Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE virus), Western equine encephalitis virus (WEE virus) or Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE virus).
It can be caused by a bacterial infection, such as bacterial meningitis, spreading directly to the brain (primary encephalitis), or may be a complication of a current infectious disease syphilis (secondary encephalitis). Certain parasitic or protozoal infestations, such as toxoplasmosis, malaria, or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, can also cause encephalitis in people with compromised immune systems. Lyme disease and/or Bartonella henselae may also cause encephalitis. Cryptococcus neoformans is notorious for causing fungal encephalitis in the immunocompromised. Streptococci, staphylococci and certain Gram-negative bacilli cause cerebritis prior to the formation of a brain abscess.
Autoimmune disease may also cause encephalitis.[2]
Adult patients with encephalitis present with acute onset of fever, headache, confusion, and sometimes seizures. Younger children or infants may present irritability, poor appetite and fever.
Neurological examinations usually reveal a drowsy or confused patient. Stiff neck, due to the irritation of the meninges covering the brain, indicates that the patient has either meningitis or meningoencephalitis. Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid obtained by a lumbar puncture procedure usually reveals increased amounts of protein and white blood cells with normal glucose, though in a significant percentage of patients, the cerebrospinal fluid may be normal. CT scan often is not helpful, as cerebral abscess is uncommon. Cerebral abscess is more common in patients with meningitis than encephalitis. Bleeding is also uncommon except in patients with herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis. Magnetic resonance imaging offers better resolution. In patients with herpes simplex encephalitis, electroencephalograph may show sharp waves in one or both of the temporal lobes. Lumbar puncture procedure is performed only after the possibility of prominent brain swelling is excluded by a CT scan examination. Diagnosis is often made with detection of antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid against a specific viral agent (such as herpes simplex virus) or by polymerase chain reaction that amplifies the RNA or DNA of the virus responsible (such as varicella zoster virus). Serological tests may show high antibody titre against the causative antigen.
Treatment is usually symptomatic. Reliably tested specific antiviral agents are few in number (e.g. acyclovir for herpes simplex virus) and are used with limited success in treatment of viral infection, with the exception of herpes simplex encephalitis. In patients who are very sick, supportive treatment, such as mechanical ventilation, is equally important. Corticosteroids (e.g., methylprednisolone) are used to reduce brain swelling and inflammation. Sedatives may be needed for irritability or restlessness. For Mycoplasma infection, parenteral tetracycline is given. Encephalitis due to Toxoplasma is treated by giving a combination of pyrimethamine and sulphadimidine.
Post-infectious encephalomyelitis complicating small pox vaccination is totally avoidable now as small pox is now eradicated. Contraindication to Pertussis immunisation should be observed in patients with encephalitis. An immunodeficient patient who have had contact with chicken pox virus should be given prophylaxis with hyperimmune zoster immunoglobulin.
Encephalitis lethargica is an atypical form of encephalitis which caused an epidemic from 1918 to 1930. Those who survived sank into a semi-conscious state that lasted for decades until the Parkinson's drug L-DOPA was used to revive those still alive in the late 1960s by Oliver Sacks.
There have been only a small number of isolated cases in the years since, though in recent years a few patients have shown very similar symptoms. The cause is now thought to be either a bacterial agent or an autoimmune response following infection.
In a large number of cases, called limbic encephalitis, the pathogens responsible for encephalitis attack primarily the limbic system (a collection of structures at the base of the brain responsible for emotions and many other basic functions).
The incidence of acute encephalitis in Western countries is 7.4 cases per 100,000 population per year. In tropical countries, the incidence is 6.34 per 100,000 per year.[3]
Herpes simplex encephalitis has an incidence of 2–4 per million population per year.[4]
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