How to differentiate pediatric enteroviral meningoencephalitis from scrub typhus meningoencephalitis: A single-center retrospective study from Yunnan Province, China
Background: During the summer-autumn epidemic season, pediatric scrub typhus meningoencephalitis (ST) and enteroviral meningoencephalitis (EV) often present with overlapping clinical manifestations and routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings, making early differential diagnosis challenging and delaying appropriate treatment. Practical diagnostic strategies based on readily available parameters are lacking. Objective: To evaluate whether common clinical and laboratory indicators […]