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Viral Encephalitis Flashcards

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Common viruses that cause encephalitis

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Mumps
Herpes simplex
Varicella zoster
Epstein barr
Arbovirus

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Rare viruses that cause encephalitis

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St louis
West nile
Russian spring/summer

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General clinical features of encephalitis

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Pyrexia
Myalgia

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EBV encephalitis signs

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Stiff neck
Cellular response in csf

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Cerebral involvement signs

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Coma
Confusion
Dysphasia
Hemiparesis
Seizures

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Midbrain involvement signs

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Oculomotor palsy
Autonomic disturbance

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Cerebellum involvement signs

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Dysarthria
Ataxia

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Brain stem involvement signs

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Cranial nerve palsies
Nystagmus
Tetraparesis

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Spinal cord involvement signs

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Autonomic
Motor
Sensory dysfunction

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Subacte sclerosing pan encephalitis is caused by

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Measles like paramyxovirus

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Clinical features stages of sspe

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Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3

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Stage 1 clinical features of sspe

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Behavioural problem
Decline school performance
Dementia

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Stage 2 clinical features of sspe

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Chorioretinitis
Myoclonic jerks
Seizures
Ataxia
Dystonia

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Stage 3 clinical features of sspe

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Coma

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Reye’s syndrome

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Fatty change in liver and other viscera

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Fatty change in liver and other vicera are due to

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Aspirin use in children with influenza and vzv

17
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Pathology of Reye’s syndrome

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Neuron and glial cell inflammation
Heart kidney and liver show fatty infiltration
Mitochondrial damage

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