[Encephalitis related to influenza in adults]

The results of clinical, virological, and pathomorphological examinations of 25 patients with nervous system involvement into the morbid process caused by influenza infection are presented. The influenza-associated encephalitis is regarded as a manifestation of an infectious-allergic process, in the pathogenesis of which the vascular factor plays the leading role. Therapy with vasoactive drugs combined with glucocorticoids has appeared to be the most efficacious.