Open AccessAnti-NMDAR encephalitis in association with herpes simplex virus and viral and bacterial zoonoses
Author(s) -
Stefanie Kar Yan Hung,
Fu Liong Hiew,
Shanthi Viswanathan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/aian.aian_232_18
Subject(s) - encephalitis , medicine , herpes simplex virus , autoimmune encephalitis , nmda receptor , immunology , virology , virus , receptor
Multiple co-infections can predispose a patient to autoimmune encephalitis. Out of thirty cases of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis seen at a single tertiary referral center, only two cases of co-infection with NMDAR encephalitis were identified. One of these cases was highly interesting due to the presence of more than one co-infections along with the presence of cortical dysfunction, seizures, and orofacial dyskinesias at the onset in a male in the absence of tumors, which was refractory to initial treatment.