Differential diagnosis of atypical encephalopathy in critical care: a case report

A lower level of consciousness is a common presentation in critical care, with many different causes and contributory factors, of which more than one may be present concurrently. In critical care, a lowered level of consciousness may have many etiologies, and critical care clinicians should be famil...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC infectious diseases 2020-10, Vol.20 (1), p.1-763, Article 763
Hauptverfasser:	Li, Chung, Peng, Ming-Yieh, Chang, Chia-Hui, Hsu, Yuan-Yu, Hsieh, Min-Shiau, Lin, Shinn-Kuang, Lee, Yi-Hsin, Yang, Mei-Chen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscesses Anthelmintic agents Antibiotics Aspergillosis Asthma Bacteremia Biopsy Brain damage Case Report Case reports Cerebrospinal fluid Coma Consciousness Convulsions & seizures Cooperation Corticosteroids Critical care Development and progression Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetic ketoacidosis Diagnosis Diagnostic imaging Differential diagnosis Edema Encephalopathy Etiology Fungal infections Glucocorticoids Infectious diseases Ketoacidosis Magnetic resonance imaging Medical diagnosis Medical imaging Metabolism Methenamine Mycoses Neurocysticercosis Neuroimaging Patient compliance Patients Pneumonia Praziquantel Pulmonary aspergillosis Pyogenic ventriculitis Signs and symptoms Steroids Streptococcus intermedius Stroke Tuberculosis Ventriculitis
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Zusammenfassung:	A lower level of consciousness is a common presentation in critical care, with many different causes and contributory factors, of which more than one may be present concurrently. In critical care, a lowered level of consciousness may have many etiologies, and critical care clinicians should be familiar with the signs and symptoms of all possible causes to enable prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
ISSN:	1471-2334 1471-2334
DOI:	10.1186/s12879-020-05492-8