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- Consider neurologic consultation to exclude other causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive syndromes.
- Consider infectious disease consultation to assist with differential diagnosis.
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Consider neurologic consultation to exclude other causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive syndromes.  |
- Consult a neurologist to help differentiate other causes of meningitis and encephalitis and to differentiate acute flaccid paralysis syndrome from Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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- Consult an infectious disease specialist to help distinguish infectious causes of meningitis, encephalitis, or other neuroinvasive diseases.
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| Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Carrie Nielsen, PhD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. James J. Sejvar, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. |
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