A case of Scrub Encephalopathy
Journal Title: Journal Of Pediatric Critical Care - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Acute onset fever with altered sensorium is labelled by WHO as acute encephalitis syndrome.1 There are many causes of such presentation such as bacterial, viral,parasitic, autoimmune, metabolic etc. Most of the cases neurotropic viruses are agents for CNS infection. We report a case of scrub typhus as a cause of acute encephalitic syndrome.
Authors and Affiliations
Joydeep Das, Sushanta Bhanja, Jyoti Kiran, Balram Gupta
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