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Citation

Fellner, Anuva; White, Samuel J.; Rockwell, Emmanuel; Giandomenico, Dana; Diaz, Monica M.; Weber, David J.; Miller, Melissa B.; & Boyce, Ross M. (2023). The Clinical Epidemiology, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Diagnosed with Encephalitis in North Carolina, 2015-2020. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 61(12), e0073123. PMCID: PMC10729753

Abstract

Despite the relatively high mortality and the difficulty in diagnosis, nearly one-third of patients hospitalized with a documented diagnosis of encephalitis did not undergo a lumbar puncture (LP). When an LP was performed, pathogen-specific testing was greatly underutilized. Infectious etiologies were most common, but over 40% of cases were idiopathic at discharge. These findings suggest that there is a substantial opportunity to improve the quality of care through more accurate and timely diagnosis.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00731-23

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2023

Journal Title

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Author(s)

Fellner, Anuva
White, Samuel J.
Rockwell, Emmanuel
Giandomenico, Dana
Diaz, Monica M.
Weber, David J.
Miller, Melissa B.
Boyce, Ross M.

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC10729753

Continent/Country

United States

State

North Carolina

ORCiD

Boyce, R - 0000-0002-9489-6324