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Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, complication and management of enterovirus 71 encephalitis / Marwa Said Hassan Abdelglil ; Supervised Laila Hussein , Basant Salah Saad Meligy , Dalia Mohammed Kadry Ismail

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Marwa Said Hassan Abdelglil , 2015Description: 108 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cmOther title:
  • اعراض و طرق تشخيص و علاج الإصابة بانتيروفيرس71المسبب لالتهاب الدماغ [Added title page title]
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics Summary: Acute encephalitis is relatively uncommon but potentially detrimental CNS inflammation usually caused by infection. Enteroviruses have been reported in encephalitis cases. However, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of enteroviruses in encephalitis are not fully established. This study aimed at investigating the presence of Enterovirus in the CSF of encephalitic patients using PCR together with the clinical spectrum of the disease 44 children with encephalitis were prospectively investigated over a period of 16 months. All patients were subjected to CSF examination using real-time PCR (RT-PCR). Demographic and clinical data were collected from the patients. The age range of the patient was 6 months - 12 years (40.25 + 38 months) mean + sd. Most infections occurred during the warm months of the year. Enterovirus was detected in 4 specimens (9.1%). (25.0%) of affected patients were preceded by gastroenteritis symptoms
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Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Acute encephalitis is relatively uncommon but potentially detrimental CNS inflammation usually caused by infection. Enteroviruses have been reported in encephalitis cases. However, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of enteroviruses in encephalitis are not fully established. This study aimed at investigating the presence of Enterovirus in the CSF of encephalitic patients using PCR together with the clinical spectrum of the disease 44 children with encephalitis were prospectively investigated over a period of 16 months. All patients were subjected to CSF examination using real-time PCR (RT-PCR). Demographic and clinical data were collected from the patients. The age range of the patient was 6 months - 12 years (40.25 + 38 months) mean + sd. Most infections occurred during the warm months of the year. Enterovirus was detected in 4 specimens (9.1%). (25.0%) of affected patients were preceded by gastroenteritis symptoms

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