Management of Tick-borne Encephalitis

University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infectious Encephalitis

Treatments: Other: No Intervention: Observational Cohort

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06593249

TBE in ID or Neurology

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this retrospective cohort study of patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), potential differences in the clinical presentation at admission and diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with TBE initially referred to infectious diseases or neurology departments were assessed. Associations between severity of acute illness and clinical outcome were also explored.

Enrollment: 318 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• microbiologically confirmed tick-borne meningoencephalitis

Exclusion criteria

• Exchanged between ID and neurology within the first 48 hours due to organizational constraints
• Transferred from another hospital
• Lumbar puncture not performed
• Not fulfilling study criteria

Trial design

318 participants in 2 patient groups

TBE in Infectious Diseases Department

Description:

patients with TBE referred to ID

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention: Observational Cohort

TBE in Neurology Department

Description:

Patients with TBE in Neurology Department

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention: Observational Cohort