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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
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Meningitis Main Page |
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
- 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 (Entero Cytopathogenic Human Orphan)
- 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