最新美国IDSA脑炎诊治指南

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Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;47:303–327

IDSA GUIDELINES
The Management of Encephalitis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
最新美国IDSA脑炎诊治指南
Allan R. Tunkel,1
Carol A. Glaser,2
Karen C. Bloch,3
James J. Sejvar,4
Christina M. Marra,5
Karen L. Roos,6
Barry J. Hartman,7
Sheldon L. Kaplan,8
W. Michael Scheld,9 and
Richard J. Whitley10

1Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey; 2California Department of Health Services, Richmond; 3Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; 4Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; 5University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; 6Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; 7Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York; 8Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; 9University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville; and 10University of Alabama at Birmingham

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with encephalitis were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The guidelines are intended for use by health care providers who care for patients with encephalitis. The guideline includes data on the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of many viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoal, and helminthic etiologies of encephalitis and provides information on when specific etiologic agents should be considered in individual patients with encephalitis.

Received 9 April 2008; accepted 23 April 2008; electronically published 26 June 2008.

It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular patients or special clinical situations. The Infectious Diseases Society of America considers adherence to these guidelines to be voluntary, with the ultimate determination regarding their application to be made by the physician in the light of each patient's individual circumstances.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Allan R. Tunkel, Dept. of Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Ave., Long Branch, NJ 07740 (atunkel@sbhcs.com).