Characteristicsa | Encephalitis (group A) | Encephalopathy (group B) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 49 (±21) | 57 (±21) | 0.119 |
Gender, male | 6/19 (32) | 58/ 117 (50) | 0.145 |
Duration of hospital stay, days | 20 (10–37) | 8 (4–17)) | 0.001 |
ICU | 10/19 (53) | 81/117 (69) | 0.154 |
Death during hospitalization | 3/19 (16) | 10/117 (9) | 0.326 |
No of patients with CNS symptoms < 24 hrsb | 8/17 (47) | 68/101 (67) | 0.106 |
Immunodeficiency | 4/19 (21) | 28/ 117 (24) | 0.784 |
Prodromal sicknessc | 14/19 (74) | 75/109 (69) | 0.670 |
Travel within 6 months | 8/18 (44) | 17/100 (17) | 0.009 |
Headache | 12/19 (63) | 41/ 90 (46) | 0.163 |
Photophobia | 6/17 (35) | 16/ 70 (23) | 0.290 |
Nausea | 13/16 (81) | 35/ 81 (43) | 0.005 |
Personality changed | 9/ 19 (47) | 25/105 (24) | 0.034 |
Confusiond | 15/19 (79) | 62/106 (59) | 0.091 |
Seizuresd | 5/18 (28) | 29/ 105 (28) | 0.989 |
Fever | 14/19 (74) | 55/117 (47) | 0.031 |
Focal neurology | 9/18 (50) | 23/ 99 (23) | 0.019 |
GCSe | 14 (12–14) | 13 (10–14) | 0.219 |
GCS ≤14 | 16/18 (89) | 90/114 (79) | 0.324 |
GCS ≤8 | 1/18 (6) | 27/114 (24) | 0.080 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 140 (±28) | 132 (±28) | 0.275 |
Respiratory rate (/min) | 19 (±6) | 21(±7) | 0.112 |
MRI findings suggesting encephalitis | 8/17 (47) | 1/63 (2) | < 0.001 |
EEG findings indicative of encephalitis | 11/15 (73) | 3/61 (3) | < 0.001 |