A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion

Legionella is a rare cause of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion, which should be considered in patients with risk factors. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and legionella urinary antigen test can help the diagnosis since cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be normal.

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Autores principales: Shimono, Hiroki, Hoshina, Yoji, Ogawa, Ei, Hayashi, Akihito, Araki, Midori, Muguruma, Hiroaki, Mine, Hideki, Yamamoto, Akiyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4759
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author Shimono, Hiroki
Hoshina, Yoji
Ogawa, Ei
Hayashi, Akihito
Araki, Midori
Muguruma, Hiroaki
Mine, Hideki
Yamamoto, Akiyoshi
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Hoshina, Yoji
Ogawa, Ei
Hayashi, Akihito
Araki, Midori
Muguruma, Hiroaki
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description Legionella is a rare cause of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion, which should be considered in patients with risk factors. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and legionella urinary antigen test can help the diagnosis since cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be normal.
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spelling pubmed-84055242021-09-03 A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion Shimono, Hiroki Hoshina, Yoji Ogawa, Ei Hayashi, Akihito Araki, Midori Muguruma, Hiroaki Mine, Hideki Yamamoto, Akiyoshi Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Legionella is a rare cause of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion, which should be considered in patients with risk factors. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and legionella urinary antigen test can help the diagnosis since cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be normal. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8405524/ /pubmed/34484781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4759 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
spellingShingle Clinical Images
Shimono, Hiroki
Hoshina, Yoji
Ogawa, Ei
Hayashi, Akihito
Araki, Midori
Muguruma, Hiroaki
Mine, Hideki
Yamamoto, Akiyoshi
A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
title A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
title_full A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
title_fullStr A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
title_full_unstemmed A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
title_short A rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
title_sort rare etiology of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4759
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