Table 1.

Clinical, imaging, electrophysiology, and LP results of cases with PCR-confirmed viral encephalitis

Age	Sex	Presentation	Recent medical history	MRIa	EEGb	CSFc examination
58	M	USA	URTIf	Left temporal T2 hyperintensity	Left centrotemporoparietal BEDg	Lymphocytic (40/mm3), protein 100 mg/dL
53	F	AB	NSh	Left mesiotemporal T2 hyperintensity	NPi	Lymphocytic (330/mm3), protein 88 mg/dL
58	F	He, AB	NS	Bilateral temporal and frontal lobe T2 hyperintensity	Diffuse BED	Neutrophilic (127/mm3), protein 66 mg/dL
75	F	AB	URTI	NS	Diffuse BED and SWj	Neutrophilic (200/mm3), protein 79 mg/dL
67	F	AB	NS	Bilateral mesiotemporal T2 hyperintensity	Left hemisphere dominant BED on both hemispheres	Lymphocytic (30/mm3), protein 55 mg/dL
26	F	AB	Tonsillectomy	Bilateral temporal T2 hyperintensity	BED prominent on anterior hemispheric regions and left frontotemporal neuronal hyperexcitability	Lymphocytic (570/mm3), protein 81 mg/dL
55	M	AB	NS	Bilateral temporal T2 hyperintensity	Left temporoparietal BED	Neutrophilic (38/mm3), protein 50 mg/dL

^aMRI: magnetic resonance imaging

^bEEG: electroencephalography

^cCSF: cerebrospinal fluid

^dAB: altered behavior

^eH: headache

^fURTI: upper respiratory tract infection

^gBED: bioelectrical disorganization

^hNS: nothing significant

ⁱNP: not performed

^jSW: sharp wave.