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Review
. 2008 Oct;24(4):889-919, x.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2008.05.007.

Neuropsychiatric aspects of infectious diseases

Stephen J Ferrando  1 , Zachary Freyberg
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Neuropsychiatric aspects of infectious diseases

Stephen J Ferrando et al. Crit Care Clin. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

Among the critically ill, infectious diseases can play a significant role in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disturbances. All critical care physicians are familiar with delirium as a secondary complication of systemic infection. This article focuses on key infectious diseases that commonly and directly produce neuropsychiatric symptoms, including direct infection of the central nervous system.

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