Encephalitis in Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent Patients: A Comparative Study
Immunocompromised patients with encephalitis have differing causes, atypical clinical presentations, higher in-hospital mortality, and distinct factors associated with poor outcome as compared with immunocompetent patients. While HSV and opportunistic infections cause encephalitis in the immunocompromised, the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis should also be considered and can be checkpoint inhibitor associated.
Authors
- Ralph Habis
- Paris Bean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-3588)
- Ashley N Heck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3049-5371)
- Arun Venkatesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-7361)
- John C. Probasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-0786)
- Rodrigo Hasbun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-7089)
- Anna Kolchinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-6172)
- Margaret Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0991-0409)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf332
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39