Table 3.
Clinical symptoms of definitec AE and IE patients during week 1 of hospital admission.
| Diagnostic group | Headache n (%) | Fever n (%) | Psychiatric symptoms n (%) | Cognitive symptomes n (%) | Alteration of consciousness n (%) | Movement disorders n (%) | Speech disorders n (%) | Autonomic dysfunction n (%) | Focal signs n (%) | Epileptic seizures n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autoimmune encephalitis | 0 (0) | 2 (12) | 8 (47) | 6 (35) | 2 (12) | 2 (12) | 1 (6) | 4 (24) | 5 (29) | 15 (88) |
| Infectious encephalitis | 19 (56) | 32 (94) | 28 (82) | 5 (15) | 19 (56) | 2 (6) | 8 (24) | 7 (21) | 10 (29) | 7 (21) |
| p-value | 0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.01 | 0.003 | <0.0001 |
Symptoms differing significantly between the two diagnostic groups are shaded in gray. P-values of these comparisons are given at the bottom of the table.