Acute viral encephalitis. Experience of the Iaşi Infectious Disease Clinic between January 2000 and March 2003
Manciuc, C.; Vâţă, A.; Duca, E.; Dorobăţ, C.; Scurtu, R.; Luca, V.
Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi 107(4): 763-766
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-7848 PMID: 14756016 Document Number: 556614
We analyzed the patients files suffered from acute viral encephalitis in 39 months period: January 2000-march 2003. According to our data there was a total of 33 patients; one of them died. The most involved patients were male and of the 8-14 year group of age; for the first three month in 2003 were admitted 11 patients. Coma and seizures were the most frequent clinical signs. LCR had the usual abnormalities for the above mentioned disease; the treatment was mainly performed with corticosteroids; 28 cases were admitted more than 8 days period. The evolution of the clinical status was satisfactory for all 32 patients.