57-Year-Old Woman With Fever and Confusion

Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Jan;94(1):145-148. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.03.033. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Authors

Chieh-Yu Joy Chen¹, Abinash Virk²

Affiliations

¹ Resident in Internal Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN.
² Advisor to resident and Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

PMID: 30503028
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.03.033

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Confusion / diagnosis
Confusion / etiology*
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use*
Diagnosis, Differential
Electroencephalography
Female
Fever / diagnosis
Fever / etiology*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningoencephalitis / complications*
Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis
Meningoencephalitis / drug therapy
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Dexamethasone