Encephalitis and aseptic meningitis : short-term and long-term outcome, quality of life and neuropsychological functioning

For those surviving encephalitis, the influence on daily life of patients and their relatives may be substantial. In contrast, the prognosis after aseptic meningitis (ASM) is considered good. In this prospective study in patients with encephalitis (n = 20) and ASM (n = 46), we show that both groups experienced reduced Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) at two months after discharge, and that workability was reduced in 37% of the patients with ASM. However, 12 months after discharge no neuropsychological deficits were detected in the ASM group, whereas patients with encephalitis had lower scores on tests of fine motor and psychomotor skills as well as on learning and memory. We also found that for patients with encephalitis, neopterin, as a marker of Th1 cell induced macrophage activation, and a putatively neurotoxic ratio of the kynurenine pathway (KP) measured during the acute phase was associated with lower HRQoL. Our data show that not only encephalitis, but also ASM has substantial short-term influence on HRQoL and workability. For patients with encephalitis we suggest a link between immune activation and activation of the KP during the acute phase with impaired HRQoL.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 9(2019), 1 vom: 06. Nov., Seite 16158

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Quist-Paulsen, Else [VerfasserIn]
Ormaasen, Vidar [VerfasserIn]
Kran, Anne-Marte B [VerfasserIn]
Dunlop, Oona [VerfasserIn]
Ueland, Per Magne [VerfasserIn]
Ueland, Thor [VerfasserIn]
Eikeland, Randi [VerfasserIn]
Aukrust, Pål [VerfasserIn]
Nordenmark, Tonje H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

343-65-7
670-65-5
Biomarkers
Journal Article
Kynurenine
Neopterin
Observational Study

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.11.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-019-52570-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302991115