Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with encephalitis
From: Viral aetiologies of acute encephalitis in a hospital-based South Asian population
Clinical / laboratory characteristic | Number of patients (of n = 99) |
|---|---|
Altered level of consciousness | 99 |
Fever | 93 |
Headache | 54 |
Seizures | 58 |
Prodromal symptoms | 77 |
Focal neurological signs | 44 |
Cerebellar signs | 12 |
Extrapyramidal signs | 6 |
Neuropsychiatric symptoms | 21 |
Cerebrospinal fluid | |
Protein >40 mg/dl | 22 |
CSF:plasma glucose ratio < 30% | 39 |
Pleocytosis | 26 |
Gram stain positivity | 0 |
Bacterial culture positivity | 0 |