Encephalitis must be differentiated from other neurologic diseases such as brain abscess, meningitis, status epilepticus, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Viral encephalitis differential diagnosis
Brain abscess differential diagnosis
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis differential diagnosis
Encephalopathy differential diagnosis
Bacterial meningitis differential diagnosis
Viral meningitis differential diagnosis
Japanese encephalitis differential diagnosis
Gliomatosis cerebri differential diagnosis