PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K Le Doare
AU  - Esse Menson
AU  - Deepak Patel
AU  - Ming Lim
AU  - Hermione Lyall
AU  - Jethro Herberg
TI  - Fifteen minute consultation: Managing neonatal and childhood herpes encephalitis
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306321
DP  - 2015 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 58--63
VI  - 100
IP  - 2
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/2/58.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/2/58.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2015 Apr 01; 100
AB  - Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common single cause of viral encephalitis in infants and children. Treated or untreated, it can be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, and its presentation is usually insidious and non-specific. Prompt and careful investigation is important in order to establish the diagnosis so that treatment can be optimised. We address some common questions arising when diagnosing and treating presumed HSE throughout childhood.