Genetic causes of infection induced encephalitis.

Introduction: Patients with encephalitis following a viral infection are often thought to have a para infectious, inflammatory, or autoimmune cause for their presentation. These diagnoses usually result in treatments with immunosuppressant therapies which can have side effects. However, there is an increasing body of evidence demonstrating that patients can have a direct genetic cause mediating viral infection triggered encephalitis, where inflammation is a secondary response.

Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection in Australia: A Case-control Study.

Background: To determine maternal and neonatal risk factors for, and incidence of, neonatal early-onset group B streptococcus (EOGBS) and late-onset (LOGBS) infection in South Australia (SA) and the Northern Territory (NT).

Methods: A case-control study with 2:1 matched controls to cases. The study included tertiary hospitals in South Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia.