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==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[HSV encephalitis]] | |||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | [[Headache]], [[fever]], history of [[herpes virus]] infection | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Enterovirus encephalitis | |||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Encephalitis symptoms associated with [[sore throat]], [[diarrhea]], [[skin rash]], and [[altered mental status]]. | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Metabolic and toxic encephalopathy | |||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | The majority of patients present with [[altered mental status]], additional findings include signs of [[uremia]], [[electrolyte]] disturbances, and history of drug intake or overdose. | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |[[Bacterial encephalitis]] | |||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Patients present with altered mental status, toxic-appearance, [[fever]], [[CSF]] findings will include high level of [[neutrophils]], high [[protein]] and low [[glucose]] levels. | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |[[Guillain-Barré syndrome]] | |||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Often presents with distal, ascending, symmetrical [[paralysis]] with abolished [[reflexes]], and it is associated with a recent viral or bacterial [[gastroenteritis]]. | |||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Acute [[Poliomyelitis]] | |||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Patients may present with [[flaccid paralysis]] | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:00, 10 September 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Differential Diagnosis
| Disease | Findings |
|---|---|
| HSV encephalitis | Headache, fever, history of herpes virus infection |
| Enterovirus encephalitis | Encephalitis symptoms associated with sore throat, diarrhea, skin rash, and altered mental status. |
| Metabolic and toxic encephalopathy | The majority of patients present with altered mental status, additional findings include signs of uremia, electrolyte disturbances, and history of drug intake or overdose. |
| Bacterial encephalitis | Patients present with altered mental status, toxic-appearance, fever, CSF findings will include high level of neutrophils, high protein and low glucose levels. |
| Guillain-Barré syndrome | Often presents with distal, ascending, symmetrical paralysis with abolished reflexes, and it is associated with a recent viral or bacterial gastroenteritis. |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | Patients may present with flaccid paralysis |