Encephalitis in travellers : a prospective multicentre study

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BACKGROUND: As the epidemiology of encephalitis varies from one country to another, international travel may be an important clue for the diagnostic workout of this puzzling disease.

METHODS: We performed an ancillary study using the ENCEIF prospective cohort conducted in 62 clinical sites in France from 2016 to 2019. All cases of encephalitis in adults that fulfilled a case definition derived from the International Encephalitis Consortium were included. Travellers were defined as patients who spent at least one night in a foreign country within the last six months.

RESULTS: Of the 494 encephalitis patients enrolled, 69 (14%) were travellers. As compared to non-travellers, they were younger (median age, 48 years [interquartile range, 36-69] vs 66 [49-76], P < 0.001), less likely to be immunocompromised: 2/69 (3%) vs 56/425 (13%), P = 0.02, and reported more arthralgia: 7/69 (10%) vs 11/425 (3%), P = 0.007. The risk of poor outcome at hospital discharge (Glasgow outcome scale ≤3), was similar for travellers and for non-travellers after adjustment (aOR 0.80 [0.36-1.80], P = 0.594). Arboviruses were the main causes of encephalitis in travellers: 15/69 (22%) vs 20/425 (5%) in non-travellers, P < 0.001, and Herpes simplex virus (HSV) was the second (9/69, 13%). Of note, in 19% (13/69) of cases, the risk of encephalitis in travellers may have been decreased with a vaccine.

CONCLUSION: The two primary causes of encephalitis in travellers are arboviruses and HSV. Empirical treatment of encephalitis in travellers must include acyclovir. Pre-travel advice and vaccination may decrease the risk of encephalitis in travellers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of travel medicine - 30(2023), 2 vom: 05. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

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Picard, Léa [VerfasserIn]
Mailles, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Fillâtre, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Tattevin, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Stahl, Jean-Paul [VerfasserIn]
ENCEIF scientific committee [VerfasserIn]
investigators group [VerfasserIn]
Abgrall, Sophie [Sonstige Person]
Argaud, Laurent [Sonstige Person]
Argemi, Xavier [Sonstige Person]
Asseray, Nathalie [Sonstige Person]
Baille, Guillaume [Sonstige Person]
Baldolli, Aurélie [Sonstige Person]
Benghanem, Sarah [Sonstige Person]
Biberon, Julien [Sonstige Person]
Biron, Charlotte [Sonstige Person]
Blanchet-Fourcade, Geneviève [Sonstige Person]
Blot, Mathieu [Sonstige Person]
Bonnetain, Anne [Sonstige Person]
Botelho-Nevers, Elisabeth [Sonstige Person]
Bourdain, Frédéric [Sonstige Person]
Boutoille, David [Sonstige Person]
Brasme, Hélène [Sonstige Person]
Bruel, Cédric [Sonstige Person]
Bruneel, Fabrice [Sonstige Person]
Buzele, Rodolphe [Sonstige Person]
Canouï, Etienne [Sonstige Person]
Casenave, Philippe [Sonstige Person]
Castan, Bernard [Sonstige Person]
Cazanave, Charles [Sonstige Person]
Cazorla, Céline [Sonstige Person]
Challan-Belval, Thibault [Sonstige Person]
Chavanet, Pascal [Sonstige Person]
Chirouze, Catherine [Sonstige Person]
Chroboczek, Tomasz [Sonstige Person]
Courjon, Johan [Sonstige Person]
De Broucker, Thomas [Sonstige Person]
De La Blanchardière, Arnaud [Sonstige Person]
de Montmollin, Etienne [Sonstige Person]
Degroote, Thècle [Sonstige Person]
Delaroche, Marine [Sonstige Person]
Denes, Eric [Sonstige Person]
Deschanvres, Colin [Sonstige Person]
Diard-Detoeuf, Capucine [Sonstige Person]
Dinh, Aurélien [Sonstige Person]
Epaulard, Olivier [Sonstige Person]
Fillatre, Pierre [Sonstige Person]
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Froidure, Marie [Sonstige Person]
Gaborit, Benjamin [Sonstige Person]
Gagneux-Brunon, Amandine [Sonstige Person]
Gaillard, Nicolas [Sonstige Person]
Galbois, Arnaud [Sonstige Person]
Godement, Mathieu [Sonstige Person]
Goehringer, François [Sonstige Person]
Gravier, Simon [Sonstige Person]
Greigert, Valentin [Sonstige Person]
Gueit, Isabelle [Sonstige Person]
Guimard, Thomas [Sonstige Person]
Henry, Carole [Sonstige Person]
Hentzien, Maxime [Sonstige Person]
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Krause, Jessica [Sonstige Person]
Le Cam, Manuela [Sonstige Person]
Le Maréchal, Marion [Sonstige Person]
Le Moal, Gwenael [Sonstige Person]
Le Turnier, Paul [Sonstige Person]
Lecomte, Raphael [Sonstige Person]
Lecompte, Anne-Sophie [Sonstige Person]
Lefaucheur, Romain [Sonstige Person]
Lejeune, Stéphanie [Sonstige Person]
Lescure, Xavier [Sonstige Person]
Lesieur, Olivier [Sonstige Person]
Lesprit, Philippe [Sonstige Person]
Louis, Guillaume [Sonstige Person]
Lucas, Christelle [Sonstige Person]
Mahieu, Rafael [Sonstige Person]
Makinson, Alain [Sonstige Person]
Marc, Guillaune [Sonstige Person]
Maria, Alexandre [Sonstige Person]
Marin, Nathalie [Sonstige Person]
Martin, Aurélie [Sonstige Person]
Martin-Blondel, Guillaume [Sonstige Person]
Martinot, Martin [Sonstige Person]
Mas, Alexandre [Sonstige Person]
Mateu, Philippe [Sonstige Person]
Matt, Morgan [Sonstige Person]
Maulin, Laurence [Sonstige Person]
Mechai, Frédéric [Sonstige Person]
Mutez, Eugénie [Sonstige Person]
Orain, Jérémie [Sonstige Person]
Schieber-Pachart, Anne [Sonstige Person]
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Themen:

Arbovirus
Encephalitis
Herpes simplex virus
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Prevention
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Travellers

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.04.2023

Date Revised 19.04.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jtm/taac145

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349744815