Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is an important, treatable cause of encephalitis which remains under-recognised despite a growing body of the literature [1]. It is an immune-mediated syndrome which presents with a variety of neurological symptoms including headache, fever, personality change and seizures. Most case reports to date are of young adults, it is much less freq...

The article describes a clinical case report of young patient with ischemic stroke on the background antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS). uniqueness this lies in complex diagnostic search that we performed. On admission, had general cerebral, infectious and focal syndromes. We suspected encephalitis due to peculiarities onset disease results computed tomography. However, after lumbar puncture, dia...

The Nipah virus that caused a fatal outbreak among Malaysian pig-farmers in 1998-1999 was known to cause relapsed and late-onset encephalitis. We report 2 patients with relapsed and one patient with late-onset encephalitis up to 53 months after the initial infection. Two of the patients were husband and wife and they developed relapsed and late-onset encephalitis within 5 days of each other. Th...

The assessment of brain stem function in comatose patients is now regular medical practice world wide. When envisaging a diagnosis of brain stem death it is essential, firstly, to establish that the patient is suffering from irremediable structural brain damage of known cause, and, secondly, to exclude the primary or contributory role of reversible causes of apnoeic coma with absent brain stem ...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is recognized as an important public health problem in Vietnam. A JE immunization program was introduced in 1997 in high-risk districts and expanded to additional districts over subsequent years. We reviewed national acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) surveillance data for 1998-2007 and analyzed more detailed data regarding JE from five northern provinces in 2004 and 2...

Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a vector-borne disease of major importance in Asia. Recent increases in cases have spawned the development of more stringent JE surveillance. Due to the difficulty of making a clinical diagnosis, increased tracking of common symptoms associated with JE-generally classified as the umbrella term, acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has been developed in many countries....

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an arthropod borne viral disease. Children are most commonly affected in Southeast Asian region showing symptoms of central nervous system with several complications and death. The clinical characteristics and outcomes in pediatric JE patients hospitalized with acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) are still poorly understood. A prospective study was conducted in pedia...

A total of 740 consecutive children aged between 6 months and 12 years who presented with acute encephalopathic illnesses during a three year period were assessed both clinically and by laboratory investigations. Cerebrospinal fluid was examined for the presence of cells or other abnormal substances, and any organisms were cultured. Blood examination included white cell count and estimations of...