Research progress of influenza virus associated encephalopathy/encephalitis / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Influenza virus infection mainly mediates pathology in respiratory tract, but recent years it has drawn widespread attention by its extrapulmonary complications.Among all the complications, influenza associated encephalo-pathy/encephalitis (IAE), which has high morbidity and mortality, is the most lethal one that causes death in critically ill cases, and even those patients who are cured commonly suffer from neurological sequelae.However, there is little knowledge about IAE in the international society.In this paper, the research progress in IAE would be reviewed from such aspects as clinical manifestations, epidemiologic data, risk factors, classification, treatment, prognosis and mechanism, for the purpose of deepening the comprehension of this disease.