Viral Meningoencephalitis Patient with Comorbid Major Depression with Psychotic Symptoms: A Case Report
Viral meningoencephalitis causes meninges and brain parenchyma inflammation, thus provoking significant morbidity and mortality. Clinical features include neurological and psychiatric symptoms depending on the brain involved, mild symptoms such as fever, headache, neck stiffness, and confusion, or s...
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://repository.unair.ac.id/119919/2/Karil%207.pdf https://repository.unair.ac.id/119919/3/Artikel%207.pdf https://repository.unair.ac.id/119919/4/Similarity%207.pdf https://repository.unair.ac.id/119919/ https://www.phcogj.com/article/1855 http://dx.doi.org/10.5530/pj.2022.14.121 |
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| Institution: | Universitas Airlangga |
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| Summary: | Viral meningoencephalitis causes meninges and brain parenchyma inflammation, thus provoking significant morbidity and mortality. Clinical features include neurological and psychiatric symptoms depending on the brain involved, mild symptoms such as fever, headache, neck stiffness, and confusion, or severe symptoms such as seizures, weakness, hallucinations, and coma. Therefore, the clinical diagnosis and treatment of such cases are challenging to make. This case report describes an adult male patient suffering from viral meningoencephalitis with comorbid major depression with psychotic symptoms. The patient requires holistic management of meningoencephalitis with comorbid depression and neuropsychiatric symptoms that may occur in the long term. |
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