Acute Encephalitis - Searching for diagnostic markers

Acute encephalitis describes a rapidly developing inflammation of the brain. It is a life-threatening disease with a mortality rate of up to 15%. However, the cause of 37 to 62% of encephalitis cases is not identified, even after a thorough diagnostic investigation. Mark Ellul is a Specialist Registrar in Neurology and Clinical Research Fellow funded by the Association of British Neurologists at IGH. He recently published a paper in Clinical Medicine “Acute encephalitis – diagnosis and management” ( He came to talk to us about acute encephalitis and his work searching for new diagnostic tools to help doctors in the emergency room.

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Acute Encephalitis - Searching for diagnostic markers is an episode from IGH Podcast by Institute of Infection & Global Health.

This episode is 00:28:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2019.

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