Encephalitis, differential

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Adenoviruses, arenaviruses, California encephalitis, coxsackieviruses, cytomegalovirus, dengue fever, eastern equine encephalitis, echoviruses, infectious mononucleosis, Japanese encephalitis, Lyme disease, meningitis, parainfluenza virus, rhinoviruses, bacterial sepsis, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), St Louis encephalitis, upper respiratory infection, Venezuelan encephalitis, and West Nile encephalitis. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Other causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Bartonellosis, brucellosis, other causes of encephalitis, coxsackieviruses, cryptococcosis, cysticercosis, cytomegalovirus, histoplasmosis, legionellosis, leptospirosis, listeria, lyme disease, malaria, rabies, tuberculosis, mumps, stroke, metabolic encephalopathy, Reye syndrome, Bartonella infection, Naegleria infection, Ebstein-Barr virus, prion disease, toxic ingestions, and AIDS. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Classical swine fever, African swine fever, pseudorabies, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, edema disease, hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis, bacterial meningoencephalitis, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus, hypoglycemia, water deprivation/salt intoxication, and other toxins. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Other forms of encephalitis (e.g., California, Eastern Equine, St Louis, West Nile, Murray Valley), malaria, dengue fever, meningitis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, enteroviruses, herpes simplex, and Nipah virus. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Typhoid fever, leptospirosis, influenza, mumps, enteroviruses, arboviral encephalitis. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex, tetanus, Guillain-Barre syndrome, poliomyelitis, transverse myelitis, cerebrovascular accident, psychosis, intracranial mass, epilepsy, atropine poisoning, and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis California encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis, meningitis, brain abscess, carcinomatous meningitis, CNS vasculitis, cerebrovascular disease. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, equine protozoal myelitis, equine herpesvirus-1, Borna disease, and rabies. In birds Newcastle disease. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Anthrax, tetanus, rabies, meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral trypanosomiasis, piroplasmosis, theileriosis, listeriosis, parasitism poisoning by strychnine, lead, organophosphates, arsenic, and various plants that affect the central nervous system. 

High-dose aciclovir can cause disturbed cognition, changes in the level of consciousness, tremor, asterixis, hallucinations, and psychiatric syndromes. Often, symptoms of aciclovir toxicity are difficult to differentiate from neurological deterioration caused by Herpes encephalitis. 

The authors concluded that hemodialysis is highly effective in eliminating aciclovir and that it can help to differentiate aciclovir-induced neurotoxicity from neurological deterioration due to the underlying encephalitis. 

Masliah E, Ge N, Achim CL, Wiley CA (1995) Differential vulnerability of calbindin-immunoreactive neurons in HIV encephalitis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 54 350—357. 

Lumbar puncture (LP) is used to obtain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It is used most often as an evaluation of CNS infections such as meningitis and encephalitis, but it is also useful in subarachnoid hemorrhage, multiple sclerosis, and dementia. Opening pressure, cell count and differential, glucose concentration, total protein... 

Differential Diagnosis of Alphavirus Encephalitis Medical Management and Prevention... 

The differential includes lethal catatonia, malignant hyperthermia, alcohol withdrawal, infection (encephalitis / menii itis / sepsis) and drug toxicity. SS often presents with low-level discomfort, and may resemble opiate withdrawal, hypomania or antidepressant side effects. 

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