TY - JOUR
T1 - Tick-borne encephalitis as a trigger for anti-N-Methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis
AU - Gaist, Thomas Agerbo
AU - Nilsson, Anna Christine
AU - Nissen, Mette Scheller
AU - Ryding, Matias Adonis Jul
AU - Nielsen, Stig Lønberg
AU - Blaabjerg, Morten
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) is endemic to an increasing number of countries and is a common cause of meningoencephalitis in Europe and Asia making any potential complications of the disease increasingly relevant to clinicians. We present, what is to our knowledge, the second reported case of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis following Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) in a 47-year-old Lithuanian man. The case provides further evidence of TBE being a possible trigger of NMDAR encephalitis and highlights the importance of being aware of symptoms of autoimmune encephalitis in patients with infectious encephalitis.
AB - Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) is endemic to an increasing number of countries and is a common cause of meningoencephalitis in Europe and Asia making any potential complications of the disease increasingly relevant to clinicians. We present, what is to our knowledge, the second reported case of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis following Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) in a 47-year-old Lithuanian man. The case provides further evidence of TBE being a possible trigger of NMDAR encephalitis and highlights the importance of being aware of symptoms of autoimmune encephalitis in patients with infectious encephalitis.
KW - Autoimmune encephalitis
KW - Infectious disease
KW - Neurology
KW - Tick borne encephalitis
U2 - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102292
DO - 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102292
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38134512
SN - 1877-959X
VL - 15
JO - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
JF - Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
IS - 2
M1 - 102292
ER -