This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on acute encephalitis.Our guest stars this episode are: Karen Bloch (Adult ID physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center)Carol Glaser (Pediatric ID physician at California Department of Public Health)David Gaston (Adult ID physician and clinical microbiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center)Arun Venkatesan (Neurologist at Johns Hopkins University)Journal article link: Bloch KC, Glaser C, Gaston D, Venkatesan A. State of the Art: Acute Encephalitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(5):e14-e33. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad306Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/5/669/7269079From Clinical Infectious DiseasesEpisodes | Consult Notes | Subscribe | Twitter | Merch | febrilepodcast@gmail.comFebrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)