title: Postinfectious encephalitis (21 cases appended).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report 21 cases of postinfectious encephatitis according to ICD-NA, postinfectious/parainfectious encephalitis is an independent disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the uniform criteria provided by The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we diagnosed postinfectious encephalitis among patients admitted to The First Hospital of Harbin Medical University and analyzed the characteristics of these cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients had histories of preceding infection, and most of them suffered from mental and conscious disorders. Adrenocortical hormone was effective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postinfectious encephalitis is an independent disease. According to this article, about 10% patients with encephalitis admitted to our hospital are postinfectious.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, First Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150010, China. flyany@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Honglin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wenqiu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Desheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged