RT Book, Section
A1 Campen, Cynthia J.
A1 Kranick, Sarah M.
A1 Licht, Daniel J.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6903261
T1 Chapter 17. Encephalitis
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6903261
RD 2024/04/20
AB Encephalitis  causes  significant  morbidity  and  mortality  and  raises  difficult  diagnostic  and  management  challenges.  The  etiology  is  often  illusive  and,  given  the  lack  of  literature  on  the  subject,  there  is  little  information  physicians  can  offer  in  the  way  of  prognosis  or  etiology-specific  treatment.  This  chapter  defines  encephalitis  and  describes  its  major  causes  with  emphasis  on  the  presentation,  pathology,  and  management  of  viral  encephalitis  in  pediatric  populations.