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Infectious encephalitis: Management without etiological diagnosis 48 hours after onset

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The etiological diagnosis of infectious encephalitis is often not established 48hours after onset. We aimed to review existing literature data before providing management guidelines. METHOD: We performed a literature search on PubMed using filters such as "since 01/01/2000", "human", "adults", "English or French", and "clinical trial/review/guidelines". We also used the Mesh search terms "encephalitis/therapy" and "encephalitis/diagnosis". RESULTS: With Mesh search terms "encephalitis/therapy" and "encephalitis/diagnosis", we retrieved 223 and 258 articles, respectively. With search terms "encephalitis and corticosteroid", we identified 38 articles, and with "encephalitis and doxycycline" without the above-mentioned filters we identified 85 articles. A total of 210 articles were included in the analysis. DISCUSSION: Etiological investigations must focus on recent travels, animal exposures, age, immunodeficiency, neurological damage characteristics, and potential extra-neurological signs. The interest of a diagnosis of encephalitis for which there is no specific treatment is also to discontinue any empirical treatments initially prescribed. Physicians must consider and search for autoimmune encephalitis.

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hal-02059930 , version 1 (07-03-2019)

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P. Fillatre, M Crabol, Patrice Morand, L. Piroth, M Honnorat, et al.. Infectious encephalitis: Management without etiological diagnosis 48 hours after onset. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2017, 47 (3), pp.236-251. ⟨10.1016/j.medmal.2017.02.004⟩. ⟨hal-02059930⟩
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