[Clinical analysis of 17 cases of Japanese encephalitis experienced in the last ten years].
We studied on the prognosis-related factors on 17 cases of Japanese encephalitis experienced during the last ten years and compared the clinical features with those in previous reports, especially when the disease was prevalent. The patients, ranging from 33 to 91 years old, consisted of 7 men and 10 women. All of them showed an encephalitis type. 47.1% of the patients were completely cured, 35.3% cured with sequelae and 17.6% died. The mortality rate was decreased compared to that of previous reports. All of the death cases were women. There was no relationship between the mortality rate and the patients' age. As previously reported, the more severe the disturbance of consciousness, the higher the mortality was. However the rate of death was lower than that of previous reports. We conclude from this study that clinical features of the disease have changed when compared with that of the older days.
Takada
T
T
Miyanaga
O
O
Ishibashi
H
H
Nagasawa
K
K
Uchida
S
S
Ohta
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis