List of infections of the central nervous system
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Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) consist of infections primarily of the
prion diseases and protozoan infections. Neonatal meningitis
is a particular classification by age.
By anatomical site
- Brain abscess, Epidural abscess, including spinal epidural and cranial epidural
- Encephalitis
- Meningitis
By cause
There are five main causes of CNS infections, namely
infections.Viral
- Most forms of aseptic meningitis are viral in origin, though neoplastic and Lyme disease meningitis are also aseptic.
- California encephalitis virus
- Central nervous system viral disease
- Cytomegalovirus encephalitis
- SARS-CoV-2
- Eastern equine encephalitis
- Enterovirus encephalitis
- Epstein Barr Virusencephalitis
- Herpes simplex encephalitis
- Influenza encephalitis
- Japanese encephalitis
- La Crosse encephalitis
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis by Arenavirus
- Measles encephalitis
- Mumps
- Nipah virus encephalitis[1]
- Poliomyelitis
- Progressive rubella panencephalitis, a late complication of congenital rubella syndrome
- St. Louis encephalitis
- Slow virus infections, which include:
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS)
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis by Measles virus
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Rabies
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Varicella
- Viral encephalitis lists 37 causes
- Viral meningitis
- Western equine encephalitis
Prionic
These are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies like:
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle
- Chronic wasting disease in deer
- variant
- Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome
- Kuru
- Scrapie in sheep and goat
- Transmissible mink encephalopathy
- Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy
Fungal
- Cryptococcal meningitis
Protozoan
- Amoebic brain abscess
- Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
- Malaria
- Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
- Toxoplasmosis
Post-infectious diseases of the central nervous system
These are not infections but post-infectious CNS diseases:
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- PANDAS (controversial hypothesis)[2][3][4]
- Sydenham's chorea
See also
References
- ^ "Signs and Symptoms | Nipah Virus (NiV) | CDC". cdc.gov. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- PMID 30996598.
- PMID 29309797.
- PMID 18495013.
