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  • Title: [Meningoencephalitis].
    Author: Struillou L, Raffi F.
    Journal: Rev Prat; 2001 Mar 31; 51(6):608-13. PubMed ID: 11345861.
    Abstract:
    There are many infectious agents that may be responsible for meningoencephalitis. Historical data, clinical examination, analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and imaging often do not make it possible to retain initially a precise diagnostic orientation. In emergency, it is essential to seek the infectious causes imposing a specific treatment. Herpes simplex virus encephalitis is rare but it must be be always searched and a presumptive treatment must be started because of the spontaneously fatal evolution or heavy neurological sequelae. Hypothesis of Listeria meningoencephalitis being often impossible to eliminate from the start, anti-biotherapy must also be started immediately. Tuberculous meningoencephalitis must be evoked according to the ground. Other uncommon curable infectious causes are to be considered according to the context.
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