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EncephalitisDifferentialDiagnoses

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EncephalitisDifferentialDiagnoses
Updated:Apr13,2016
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DiagnosticConsiderations
Seethefollowingformoreinformation:
CaliforniaEncephalitis
CBRNEVenezuelanEquineEncephalitis
EasternEquineEncephalitis
Encephalitis
HerpesSimplexEncephalitis
HIVAssociatedCytomegalovirusEncephalitis
JapaneseEncephalitis
St.LouisEncephalitis
VenezuelanEquineEncephalitis
ViralEncephalitis
WestNileEncephalitis
WesternEquineEncephalitis
Otherconditionstobeconsideredincludethefollowing:
Acutecentralnervoussystem(CNS)events,suchashemorrhagicstroke
Acuteconfusionalstatessecondarytodrugs,toxins,psychosis
Amoeba(Naegleria,Acanthamoeba)
Headtrauma
CNSsyphilis
Ehrlichiosis
Intracranialhemorrhage
Intracranialtumor
CNStrauma

DifferentialDiagnoses
AcuteHypoglycemia
BrainAbscessinEmergencyMedicine
CatscratchDisease
EmergentManagementofSubarachnoidHemorrhage
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HerpesSimplexEncephalitis
HerpesSimplexinEmergencyMedicine
LeptospirosisinHumans
Meningitis
Pediatrics,MeningitisandEncephalitis
RockyMountainSpottedFever
StatusEpilepticus
SystemicLupusErythematosus(SLE)
TickBorneDiseases,Lyme
Toxoplasmosis
Tuberculosis
Workup
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