The management of encephalitis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with encephalitis were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for patients with encephalitis. The guideline includes data on the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of many viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoal, and helminthic etiologies of encephalitis and provides information on when specific etiologic agents should be considered in individual patients with encephalitis.

publication date

  • August 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Encephalitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 47649122361

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1086/589747

PubMed ID

  • 18582201

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 47

issue

  • 3