Diagnostic markers of acute encephalitis syndrome and COVID‐associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children from Southern India
Tina Damodar,
Cordelia Dunai,
Namratha Prabhu
et al.
Abstract:Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in children poses a significant public health challenge in India. This study aims to explore the utility of host inflammatory mediators and neurofilament (NfL) levels in distinguishing etiologies, assessing disease severity, and predicting outcomes in AES. We assessed 12 mediators in serum (n = 58) and 11 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (n = 42) from 62 children with AES due to scrub typhus, viral etiologies, and COVID‐associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS‐C) in South… Show more
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