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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
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| ==Complete Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes of Meningitis==
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| 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>
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| === Common Causes ===
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| * [[Escherichia coli]]
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| * [[Gram-negative bacilli]]
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| * [[Group B streptococci]]
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| * [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
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| * [[Klebsiella pneumoniae]]
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| * [[Listeria monocytogenes]]
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| * [[Neisseria Meningitis]]
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| * [[Non-Group B streptococci]]
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| * [[Staphylococci]]
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| * [[Streptococcus agalactiae]]
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| * [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
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| === Infectious Causes ===
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| * [[Abscess]]
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| * [[Adenovirus]]
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| * [[Arboviruses]]
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| * [[Aspergillosis]]
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| * [[Borrelia]]
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| * [[Candidiasis]]
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| * [[Chlamydia psittaci]]
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| * [[Coccidioidomycosis]]
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| * [[Coxsackie viruses]]
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| * [[Cryptococcosis]]
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| * [[Cysticercosis]]
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| * [[Cytomegalovirus]]
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| * [[ECHO viruses]] ('''E'''ntero '''C'''ytopathogenic '''H'''uman '''O'''rphan)
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| * [[Epstein-Barr Virus]]
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| * [[Escherichia coli]]
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| * [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
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| * [[Herpes Simplex Virus]]
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| * [[Histoplasmosis]]
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| * [[HIV]]
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| * [[Influenza]]
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| * [[Klebsiella pneumoniae]]
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| * [[Leptospira]]
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| * [[Listeria monocytogenes]]
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| * [[Malaria]]
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| * [[Measles]]
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| * [[Mumps]]
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| * [[Mycobacteria]]
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| * [[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]]
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| * [[Neisseria Meningitidis]]
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| * [[Otitis]]
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| * [[Pertussis]]
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| * [[Polio]]
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| * [[Proteus]]
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| * [[Pseudomonas]]
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| * [[Rabies]]
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| * [[Rickettsia]]
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| * [[Rubella]]
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| * [[Sarcoidosis]]
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| * [[Schistosomiasis]]
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| * [[Sinusitis]]
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| * [[Smallpox]]
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| * [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
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| * [[Staphylococcus epidermidis]]
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| * [[Streptococci]]
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| * [[Streptococcus agalactiae]]
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| * [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
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| * [[Syphilis]]
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| * [[Toxoplasmosis]]
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| * [[Tuberculosis]]
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| * [[Varicella-Zoster Virus]]
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| * [[Whipple's Disease]]
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| === Noninfectious Causes ===
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| * [[Behcet's Syndrome]]
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| * [[Brain tumor]]
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| * [[Cerebrovascular accident]]
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| * [[Drugs]]
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| * Meningeal carcinomatosis
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| * Meningeal [[leukemia]]
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| * [[Multiple Sclerosis]]
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| * Vaccine reaction
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| * Triquinine
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| ==References== | | ==References== |