Publication: Viewing the Unseen: Scrub Encephalopathy as an Important Differential Diagnosis of AES
Date
2016
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the important cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). However, in large proportion of AES cases, the specific cause cannot not be established. For this, scrub typhus is one such emerging cause. In line with this, first such case report on AES in Odisha due to scrub encephalopathy in paediatric age group is presented.
Description
Sidharth Sekhar Mishra
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Reshmi Mishra
KIMS Bhubaneshwar
- Nitika
PGIMER, Chandigarh India
Mukesh Jain
KIMS Bhubaneshwar
Bandya Sahoo
KIMS Bhubaneshwar
Keywords
Scrub typhus, Japanese encephalitis, Acute encephalitic syndrome, Scrub encephalopathy
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i3.14631