CRP and brain edema: The prognostic factors for severe disease are older age, comorbidities, the most common of them arterial hypertension, monophasic course, a fever of 40 ̊C and above, CRP more than 30 mg/l, protein in CSF more than 1 g/l, delayed immune response of IgG, and pathological findings in CT such as brain edema, signs of intracranial hypertension (ventricle enlargement and tortuosity of the optic nerves), and white and gray matter hypodensities in temporal and frontal regions.