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Postinfection Complications of the Central Nervous System

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Infections of the Nervous System

Part of the book series: Clinical Topics in Infectious Disease ((CLIN.TOP.INFECT))

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Postinfection encephalitis/encephalomyelitis is an acute disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that occurs while a patient is recovering from an infectious disease, most commonly a viral infection. A clinically and histopathologically similar illness, called postvaccinal encephalomyelitis, may arise following administration of certain vaccines. Both of these syndromes are thought to be caused by some, as yet poorly defined host-immune attack on the brain and/or spinal cord, triggered by the temporally related infected or vaccination. Involvement of the CNS is usually widespread and the term “acute disseminated encephalomyelitis” has been used to describe the entity. Other terms, such as acute perivascular myelinoclasis, perivenous encephalitis, and acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, have been introduced to describe its pathologic features. Correspondingly, the term “immune-mediated encephalomyelitis” has been used, to indicate its pathogenesis.

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  1. Medical College of Pennsylvania, Episcopal Hospital, 19125-1098, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David Schlossberg M.D., F.A.C.P. (Professor of Medicine,Director) (Professor of Medicine,Director)

  2. Department of Medicine, Episcopal Hospital, 19125-1098, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David Schlossberg M.D., F.A.C.P. (Professor of Medicine,Director) (Professor of Medicine,Director)

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Kerkar, S., Molavi, A. (1990). Postinfection Complications of the Central Nervous System. In: Schlossberg, D. (eds) Infections of the Nervous System. Clinical Topics in Infectious Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9698-7_10

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