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049 _aDeposite
097 _aM.Sc
099 _aCai01.11.28.M.Sc.2015.Ma.P
100 0 _aMarwa Abdelfattah Ahmed
245 1 0 _aPattern of viral encephalitis in Egyptian children /
_cMarwa Abdelfattah Ahmed ; Supervised Laila Hussein Mohamed , Basant Salah Saad Meligy , Dalia Mohamed Kadry Ismail
246 1 5 _aنمط الالتهاب الدماغى فى الأطفال المصريين
260 _aCairo :
_bMarwa Abdelfattah Ahmed ,
_c2015
300 _a93 P. :
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502 _aThesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
520 _aAcute viral encephalitis is associated with significant mortality and morbidity in children, but its cause remains largely unknown. The etiological agents are variable and showed considerable geographic and age dependent variation. To describe the epidemiology of viral encephalitis in children admitted in university hospital, with regards to prevalence, etiologic diagnosis by PCR and outcome and risk factors associated with death. 44 children from 1 month to 13 years old presented with encephalitis were prospectively investigated over a period of 16 months. All patients were subjected to CSF examination using real-time PCR (RT - PCR). Data were collected from the patients and their parents. A confirmed etiological agent was identified in 6 cases out of 44 enrolled patients (13.6%) and 38 cases (86.4%) had unknown etiology. The most commonly diagnosed causative agent was enterovirus (n = 4, 9.1%), followed by herpes simplex virus - 1 (n = 1) and cytomegalovirus (n = 1). The majority of the cases was under the age of 5 years old and admitted mainly in summer. The most frequent neurological symptoms were convulsions (68.2%), altered mental status (68.2%), apnea due to brain stem affection (20.5%) and acute flaccid paralysis in (9.1%) of the cases. 50% of confirmed etiology group showed abnormal CT brain findings
530 _aIssued also as CD
653 4 _aEtiology
653 4 _aPediatric
653 4 _aViral encephalitis
700 0 _aBasant Salah Saad Meligy ,
_eSupervisor
700 0 _aDalia Mohamed Kadry Ismail ,
_eSupervisor
700 0 _aLaila Hussein Mohamed ,
_eSupervisor
856 _uhttp://172.23.153.220/th.pdf
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_eCataloger
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