Moreover, current knowledge about encephalitis is limited to descriptive statistics.
Data on encephalitis in Southeast Asia are limited, but previous studies have identified Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and herpesviruses as common causes (10 – 10 ).
Moreover, damage in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis is not limited to the perirhinal cortex but includes many other medial and lateral anterior temporal lobe regions.
Such pathologies include, but are not limited to, spinal stroke, hemorrhagic neoplasms, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, postictal (Todd's) paresis, some types of migraine, intoxications, hypertensive encephalopathy, hyper- or hypoglycemia, as well as psychiatric diseases (Fig. 2).
Patients with AIDS are usually affected by HIV-associated encephalitis (HIVE) with viral replication limited to cells of monocyte origin.
3, 4 Patients with HAD usually suffer from HIV-associated encephalitis (HIVE) with viral replication limited to cells of monocyte origin.
The authors correctly state that conventional intracranial pressure-lowering modalities are limited in such severe herpes simplex virus encephalitis patients and more aggressive treatment options are needed.
First and foremost is the fact that we have shown that the efficacy of corticosteroids in pediatric epilepsy is not limited to epileptic encephalopathies, such as infantile spasms and Rasmussen encephalitis [25], [37], [38].
The third section gives an overview on the current problems of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease in Europe; discussion is limited to the Baltic States and the Netherlands, respectively.
Treating physicians with clinical suspicion for anti-NMDAR encephalitis in patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms are limited to diagnostic imaging [ 27], video electroencephalograms [ 66], and laboratory testing of CSF for IgG [ 19] to confirm diagnosis.
