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This chapter focuses on the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of common and less common cases of meningitis and encephalitis.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Doris Kung

  2. Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Thy Nguyen

  3. Adventist Health, Paradise, CA, USA

    Ritu Das

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Kung, D., Nguyen, T., Das, R. (2019). Meningitis and Encephalitis. In: Absolute Case-Based Neurology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11132-8_14

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