Neurology

Neuro-infectious disease

Questions discussed in this category

What is your preferred first-line treatment for chronic fatigue in patients with long COVID-19?

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Do you repeat a lumbar puncture in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with and treated for neurosyphilis and if so, when?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the management of EBV Meningoencephalitis (CSF pleocytosis and CSF PCR positive for EBV)?

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When are steroids indicated in the treatment of strep pneumo meningitis?

Does timing relative to initiation of antibiotics matter?

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How do you approach the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent neurosyphilis in a previously treated patient?

Are VDRL titers useful?

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If you have a patient with isolated CN VII palsy (Bell's Palsy), and straightforward symptoms with no red flags (such as concern for carcinomatous meningitis), do you routinely get an MRI brain or do you just make a clinical diagnosis?

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What is your approach to the treatment of PML-IRIS in patients with HIV who have progressed to AIDS?

1 Answer available

When would you consider checking JC virus prior to initiating biologic therapy?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of neurovirology, 2018-06

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in rituximab-treated rheumatic diseases: a rare event.

Lancet Infect Dis, 2004 Mar

Steroids in adults with acute bacterial meningitis: a systematic review.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2015 Sep 12

Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis.

Lancet Neurol, 2010 Feb 03

Adjunctive dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.

Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 2021 Jan 19

Clinical significance of Epstein-Barr virus in the cerebrospinal fluid of immunocompetent patients.

BMC Infect Dis, 2011 Oct 21

Clinical characteristics of patients with Epstein Barr virus in cerebrospinal fluid.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2021 Nov 12

Lessons from Epstein-Barr virus DNA detection in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic tool for EBV-induced central nervous system dysfunction among HIV-positive patients.

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