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| Electroencephalographic results often show generalized slowing without focal activity.<ref name=SLEVOSU>ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS DISEASE.(2015). http://www.odh.ohio.gov/pdf/idcm/sle.pdf Accessed on July 27, 2016</ref><ref name="pmid10634457">{{cite journal| author=Wasay M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Suss RA, Kojan S, Haq A, Burns D et al.| title=St Louis encephalitis: a review of 11 cases in a 1995 Dallas, Tex, epidemic. | journal=Arch Neurol | year= 2000 | volume= 57 | issue= 1 | pages= 114-8 | pmid=10634457 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10634457 }} </ref><ref name=EEGMC>EEG (Electroencephalograph). Mayo Clinic (2016). http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/eeg/basics/definition/PRC-20014093?p=1 Accessed July 27, 2016</ref>
| | Ultrasound-guided aspiration, via transdural insonation, has proven to show excellent abcess visualization when performed through a bur hole. |
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| | At the time of aspiration, specimens should be sent for Gram Stain and routine aerobic and anearobic cultures.<ref name=IDUSSLEV. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (2014). Accessed on July 28, 2016. |
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| Electroencephalographic results often show generalized slowing without focal activity. Electroencephalograph may be helpful in determining whether the patient remains in a [[persistent vegetative state]] or is [[brain-dead]].<ref name=SLEVOSU>ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS DISEASE.(2015). http://www.odh.ohio.gov/pdf/idcm/sle.pdf Accessed on July 27, 2016</ref><ref name="pmid10634457">{{cite journal| author=Wasay M, Diaz-Arrastia R, Suss RA, Kojan S, Haq A, Burns D et al.| title=St Louis encephalitis: a review of 11 cases in a 1995 Dallas, Tex, epidemic. | journal=Arch Neurol | year= 2000 | volume= 57 | issue= 1 | pages= 114-8 | pmid=10634457 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10634457 }} </ref><ref name=EEGMC>EEG (Electroencephalograph). Mayo Clinic (2016). http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/eeg/basics/definition/PRC-20014093?p=1 Accessed July 27, 2016</ref>
| | Ultrasound-guided aspiration, via transdural insonation, has proven to show excellent abcess visualization when performed through a bur hole. |
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| Image: Flavivirus11.jpeg| Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals the presence of numerous St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virions contained inside a neuron. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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| Image: Flavivirus10.jpeg| Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals the presence of numerous St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virions that were contained inside a central nervous system tissue sample. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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| Image: Flavivirus09.jpeg| Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals the presence of numerous St. Louis encephalitis virions that were contained within a mosquito salivary gland tissue sample. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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| Image: Flavivirus08.jpeg| Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals the presence of numerous St. Louis encephalitis virions that were contained within a tissue sample. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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| Image: Flavivirus05.jpeg| Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals the presence of numerous St. Louis encephalitis virions that were contained within a central nervous system tissue sample. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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| Image: Flavivirus04.jpeg| (TEM) depicts a number of round, Dengue virus particles that were revealed in this tissue specimen. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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| </gallery> | | At the time of aspiration, specimens should be sent for Gram Stain and routine aerobic and anearobic cultures.<ref name=IDUSSLEV. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (2014). Accessed on July 28, 2016. |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anthony Gallo, B.S. [2]; Contributor(s): Vishnu Vardhan Serla M.B.B.S. [3], Irfan Dotani [4]
Overview
Ultrasound-guided aspiration, via transdural insonation, has proven to show excellent abcess visualization when performed through a bur hole.
At the time of aspiration, specimens should be sent for Gram Stain and routine aerobic and anearobic cultures.<ref name=IDUSSLEV. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (2014). Accessed on July 28, 2016.
Other Diagnostic Studies
Ultrasound
Ultrasound-guided aspiration, via transdural insonation, has proven to show excellent abcess visualization when performed through a bur hole.
At the time of aspiration, specimens should be sent for Gram Stain and routine aerobic and anearobic cultures.<ref name=IDUSSLEV. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (2014). Accessed on July 28, 2016.
References
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