Loose Leaf For Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Loose Leaf For Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259293214
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Jennifer Bunn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 1CT
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To explain: The encephalitis is often difficult to diagnose.

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Encephalitis is defined by inflammation of brain parenchyma, and it is caused by viral infection. Encephalitis can be acute which is transmitted by arthropods (arbovirus), and sub-acute which is caused by protozoan infection or prions.

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It is difficult to diagnose encephalitis on the basis of their symptoms as the disease meningitis or brain tumor is also having the same symptoms similar to the encephalitis.

Encephalitis is characterized by acute inflammation in parenchyma of brain, and meningitis is characterized by the inflammation of arachnoids membrane surrounding the spinal cord and brain.

Conclusion

Encephalitis and meningitis are characterized by swelling in brain, and thus are difficult to diagnose.

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