Table 2.
Summary of pathogen and autoantibodies found in our study.
| Infectious encephalitis | Autoimmune encephalitis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial | Infectious‐nonbacterial | n = 87 | |||||
| n = 95 |
Viral n = 132 |
Fungal n = 19 |
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| Streptococcus | 55 | Herpes Simplex Virus | 39 | Cryptococcus | 13 | NMDA | 35 |
| Lyme | 10 | Varicella Zoster Virus | 36 | NMO | 12 | ||
| Listeria | 6 | Enterovirus | 33 | VGKC (LGI1 and CASPR) | 11 | ||
| Human Herpes Virus 6 | 6 | GAD 65 | 6 | ||||
NMDA, N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate; NMO, neuromyelitis optica; VGKC, voltage‐gated potassium channel; LGI1, leucine‐rich glioma‐inactivated 1; CASPR, contactin‐associated protein‐like 2; GAD 65, glutamic acid decarboxylate 65.