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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Complete Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes of Meningitis==
In alphabetical order. <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref>
=== Common Causes ===
* [[Escherichia coli]]
* [[Gram-negative bacilli]]
* [[Group B streptococci]]
* [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
* [[Klebsiella pneumoniae]]
* [[Listeria monocytogenes]]
* [[Neisseria Meningitis]]
* [[Non-Group B streptococci]]
* [[Staphylococci]]
* [[Streptococcus agalactiae]]
* [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
=== Infectious Causes ===
* [[Abscess]]
* [[Adenovirus]]
* [[Arboviruses]]
* [[Aspergillosis]]
* [[Borrelia]]
* [[Candidiasis]]
* [[Chlamydia psittaci]]
* [[Coccidioidomycosis]]
* [[Coxsackie viruses]]
* [[Cryptococcosis]]
* [[Cysticercosis]]
* [[Cytomegalovirus]]
* [[ECHO viruses]] ('''E'''ntero '''C'''ytopathogenic '''H'''uman '''O'''rphan)
* [[Epstein-Barr Virus]]
* [[Escherichia coli]]
* [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
* [[Herpes Simplex Virus]]
* [[Histoplasmosis]]
* [[HIV]]
* [[Influenza]]
* [[Klebsiella pneumoniae]]
* [[Leptospira]]
* [[Listeria monocytogenes]]
* [[Malaria]]
* [[Measles]]
* [[Mumps]]
* [[Mycobacteria]]
* [[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]]
* [[Neisseria Meningitidis]]
* [[Otitis]]
* [[Pertussis]]
* [[Polio]]
* [[Proteus]]
* [[Pseudomonas]]
* [[Rabies]]
* [[Rickettsia]]
* [[Rubella]]
* [[Sarcoidosis]]
* [[Schistosomiasis]]
* [[Sinusitis]]
* [[Smallpox]]
* [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
* [[Staphylococcus epidermidis]]
* [[Streptococci]]
* [[Streptococcus agalactiae]]
* [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
* [[Syphilis]]
* [[Toxoplasmosis]]
* [[Tuberculosis]]
* [[Varicella-Zoster Virus]]
* [[Whipple's Disease]]
=== Noninfectious Causes ===
* [[Behcet's Syndrome]]
* [[Brain tumor]]
* [[Cerebrovascular accident]]
* [[Drugs]]
* Meningeal carcinomatosis
* Meningeal [[leukemia]]
* [[Multiple Sclerosis]]
* Vaccine reaction
* Triquinine


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:07, 8 February 2012

Meningitis Main Page

Patient Information

Overview

Causes

Classification

Viral Meningitis
Bacterial Meningitis
Fungal Meningitis

Differential Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Treatment

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

Complete Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes of Meningitis

In alphabetical order. [1] [2]

Common Causes

Infectious Causes

Noninfectious Causes

References

  1. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
  2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X


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