Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3108818 Critical Care Clinics 2008 31 Pages PDF
Abstract

Among the critically ill, infectious diseases can play a significant role in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disturbances. All critical care physicians are familiar with delirium as a secondary complication of systemic infection. This article focuses on key infectious diseases that commonly and directly produce neuropsychiatric symptoms, including direct infection of the central nervous system.

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