Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases
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Short Communication

Plasma Exchange for Autoimmune Encephalitis and Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis in Children: Clinical and Radiological Characteristics

T Moussa¹, L Baker¹, A Chehab¹, H Osman¹, A Elbeltagi², A Kaddourah³, A Khair¹ and K Mohamed^1*

¹1Department of Paediatric Neurology, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar

²2Department of Neuro-radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar

³3Department of Nephrology, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar

*Corresponding Author:

Khalid A Mohamed
Department of Paediatric Neurology
Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
Tel: 901-287-6303
E-mail: KMohamed9@hamad.qa

Received Date: September 06, 2017 Accepted Date: September 26, 2017 Published Date: September 28, 2017

Citation: Moussa T, Baker L, Chehab A, Osman H, Elbeltagi A, et al. (2017) Plasma Exchange for Autoimmune Encephalitis and Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis in Children: Clinical and Radiological Characteristics. J Neuroinfect Dis 8: 262. doi: 10.4172/2314-7326.1000262

Copyright: © 2017 Moussa T, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a term used to indicate onset of acute neuropsychiatric symptoms with deterioration of consciousness, seizures and focal neurological deficit secondary to a presumed autoimmune aetiology. Infections such as acute bacterial or viral encephalitis, toxins and other causes of encephalopathy should be excluded. Additionally, a search for an aetiological factor should include testing blood and CSF for the likely causative antibodies.