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Review
. 2017 Jul;33(3):681-712.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2017.03.007.

Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Infectious Diseases: An Update

Sahil Munjal  1 , Stephen J Ferrando  2 , Zachary Freyberg  3
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Review

Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Infectious Diseases: An Update

Sahil Munjal et al. Crit Care Clin. 2017 Jul.

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, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and AIDS.

Keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Delirium; HIV-AIDS; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Infectious diseases; Neuroborreliosis; Neurocysticercosis; Neuropsychiatric disturbances; Neurosyphilis; Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections.

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