List of infections of the central nervous system
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There are five main causes of infections of the central nervous system (CNS): bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, and prionic.
Fungal[]
- Cryptococcal meningitis
- Brain abscess
Protozoal[]
- Toxoplasmosis
- Malaria
- Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
- Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
- Amoebic brain abscess
Viral[]
- Viral meningitis
- Eastern equine encephalitis
- St Louis encephalitis
- Japanese encephalitis
- West Nile encephalitis
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Herpes simplex encephalitis
- Rabies
- California encephalitis virus
- Varicella-zoster encephalitis
- La Crosse encephalitis
- Measles encephalitis
- Nipah virus encephalitis
- Poliomyelitis
- Slow virus infections, which include:
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Prionic[]
- Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and its variant
- Fatal familial insomnia
- Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome
- Kuru
- Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy
Post-infectious diseases of the central nervous system[]
- PANDAS (controversial hypothesis)[1][2][3]
- Sydenham's chorea
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Wilbur C, Bitnun A, Kronenberg S, Laxer RM, Levy DM, Logan WJ, Shouldice M, Yeh EA (May 2019). "PANDAS/PANS in childhood: Controversies and evidence". Paediatr Child Health. 24 (2): 85–91. doi:10.1093/pch/pxy145. PMC 6462125. PMID 30996598.
- ^ Sigra S, Hesselmark E, Bejerot S (March 2018). "Treatment of PANDAS and PANS: a systematic review". Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 86: 51–65. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.01.001. PMID 29309797.
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