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* [[Cryptococcus neoformans]]
* [[Cryptococcus neoformans]]
*[[Aspergillus]] sp.
*[[Aspergillus]] sp.
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*[[Histoplasma capsulatum]]
*[[Histoplasma capsulatum]]
*[[Sporothrix schenckii|Sporothrix schencki]]
*[[Sporothrix schenckii|Sporothrix schencki]]
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**Xylohypha (formerly [[Cladosporium]]) trichoides and other dark-walled (demateaceous) fungi such as [[Curvularia]] and Drechslera
*Xylohypha (formerly [[Cladosporium]]) trichoides and other dark-walled (demateaceous) fungi such as [[Curvularia]] and Drechslera
**[[Mucor]]
*[[Mucor]]
**Arthrographis kalrae
*Arthrographis kalrae
**[[Pneumocystis jirovecii]]<ref name="pmid9495679">{{cite journal| author=Villanueva JL, Cordero E, Caballero-Granado FJ, Regordan C, Becerril B, Pachón J| title=Pneumocystis carinii meningoradiculitis in a patient with AIDS. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 1997 | volume= 16 | issue= 12 | pages= 940-2 | pmid=9495679 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9495679  }}</ref><ref name="pmid9629775">{{cite journal| author=Baena Luna MR, Muñoz García J, Grancha Bertolín L, Sanz García M| title=[Presence of Pneumocystis carinii in cerebrospinal fluid]. | journal=An Med Interna | year= 1998 | volume= 15 | issue= 5 | pages= 265-6 | pmid=9629775 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9629775  }}</ref>
*[[Pneumocystis jirovecii]]<ref name="pmid9495679">{{cite journal| author=Villanueva JL, Cordero E, Caballero-Granado FJ, Regordan C, Becerril B, Pachón J| title=Pneumocystis carinii meningoradiculitis in a patient with AIDS. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 1997 | volume= 16 | issue= 12 | pages= 940-2 | pmid=9495679 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9495679  }}</ref><ref name="pmid9629775">{{cite journal| author=Baena Luna MR, Muñoz García J, Grancha Bertolín L, Sanz García M| title=[Presence of Pneumocystis carinii in cerebrospinal fluid]. | journal=An Med Interna | year= 1998 | volume= 15 | issue= 5 | pages= 265-6 | pmid=9629775 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9629775  }}</ref>
**[[Cryptococcus]] albidus<ref name="pmid7185917">{{cite journal| author=Melo JC, Srinivasan S, Scott ML, Raff MJ| title=Cryptococcus albidus meningitis. | journal=J Infect | year= 1980 | volume= 2 | issue= 1 | pages= 79-82 | pmid=7185917 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7185917  }}</ref>
*[[Cryptococcus]] albidus<ref name="pmid7185917">{{cite journal| author=Melo JC, Srinivasan S, Scott ML, Raff MJ| title=Cryptococcus albidus meningitis. | journal=J Infect | year= 1980 | volume= 2 | issue= 1 | pages= 79-82 | pmid=7185917 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7185917  }}</ref>


**[[Alternaria]] spp<ref name="pmid13730495">{{cite journal| author=OHASHI Y| title=On a rare disease due to Alternaria tenuis Nees (alternariasis). | journal=Tohoku J Exp Med | year= 1960 | volume= 72 | issue=  | pages= 78-82 | pmid=13730495 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13730495  }}</ref>
*[[Alternaria]] spp<ref name="pmid13730495">{{cite journal| author=OHASHI Y| title=On a rare disease due to Alternaria tenuis Nees (alternariasis). | journal=Tohoku J Exp Med | year= 1960 | volume= 72 | issue=  | pages= 78-82 | pmid=13730495 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13730495  }}</ref>


**[[Rhodotorula]] spp <ref name="pmid18974495">{{cite journal| author=Shinde RS, Mantur BG, Patil G, Parande MV, Parande AM| title=Meningitis due to Rhodotorula glutinis in an HIV infected patient. | journal=Indian J Med Microbiol | year= 2008 | volume= 26 | issue= 4 | pages= 375-7 | pmid=18974495 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18974495  }}</ref>
*[[Rhodotorula]] spp <ref name="pmid18974495">{{cite journal| author=Shinde RS, Mantur BG, Patil G, Parande MV, Parande AM| title=Meningitis due to Rhodotorula glutinis in an HIV infected patient. | journal=Indian J Med Microbiol | year= 2008 | volume= 26 | issue= 4 | pages= 375-7 | pmid=18974495 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18974495  }}</ref>


**[[Acremonium]] spp.<ref name="pmid1956281">{{cite journal| author=Fincher RM, Fisher JF, Lovell RD, Newman CL, Espinel-Ingroff A, Shadomy HJ| title=Infection due to the fungus Acremonium (cephalosporium). | journal=Medicine (Baltimore) | year= 1991 | volume= 70 | issue= 6 | pages= 398-409 | pmid=1956281 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1956281  }}</ref>
*[[Acremonium]] spp.<ref name="pmid1956281">{{cite journal| author=Fincher RM, Fisher JF, Lovell RD, Newman CL, Espinel-Ingroff A, Shadomy HJ| title=Infection due to the fungus Acremonium (cephalosporium). | journal=Medicine (Baltimore) | year= 1991 | volume= 70 | issue= 6 | pages= 398-409 | pmid=1956281 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1956281  }}</ref>


**Dreschlera spp<ref name="pmid4739938">{{cite journal| author=Fuste FJ, Ajello L, Threlkeld R, Henry JE| title=Drechslera hawaiiensis: causative agent of a fatal fungal meningo-encephalitis. | journal=Sabouraudia | year= 1973 | volume= 11 | issue= 1 | pages= 59-63 | pmid=4739938 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4739938  }}</ref>
*Dreschlera spp<ref name="pmid4739938">{{cite journal| author=Fuste FJ, Ajello L, Threlkeld R, Henry JE| title=Drechslera hawaiiensis: causative agent of a fatal fungal meningo-encephalitis. | journal=Sabouraudia | year= 1973 | volume= 11 | issue= 1 | pages= 59-63 | pmid=4739938 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4739938  }}</ref>


**[[Malassezia]] spp<ref name="pmid15255040">{{cite journal| author=Rosales CM, Jackson MA, Zwick D| title=Malassezia furfur meningitis associated with total parenteral nutrition subdural effusion. | journal=Pediatr Dev Pathol | year= 2004 | volume= 7 | issue= 1 | pages= 86-90 | pmid=15255040 | doi=10.1007/s10024-003-4030-5 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15255040  }}</ref>
*[[Malassezia]] spp<ref name="pmid15255040">{{cite journal| author=Rosales CM, Jackson MA, Zwick D| title=Malassezia furfur meningitis associated with total parenteral nutrition subdural effusion. | journal=Pediatr Dev Pathol | year= 2004 | volume= 7 | issue= 1 | pages= 86-90 | pmid=15255040 | doi=10.1007/s10024-003-4030-5 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15255040  }}</ref>


**[[Scedosporium apiospermum|Scedosporium]] spp<ref name="pmid16678041">{{cite journal| author=Symoens F, Knoop C, Schrooyen M, Denis O, Estenne M, Nolard N et al.| title=Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a cystic fibrosis patient after double-lung transplantation. | journal=J Heart Lung Transplant | year= 2006 | volume= 25 | issue= 5 | pages= 603-7 | pmid=16678041 | doi=10.1016/j.healun.2005.12.011 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16678041  }}</ref>
*[[Scedosporium apiospermum|Scedosporium]] spp<ref name="pmid16678041">{{cite journal| author=Symoens F, Knoop C, Schrooyen M, Denis O, Estenne M, Nolard N et al.| title=Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a cystic fibrosis patient after double-lung transplantation. | journal=J Heart Lung Transplant | year= 2006 | volume= 25 | issue= 5 | pages= 603-7 | pmid=16678041 | doi=10.1016/j.healun.2005.12.011 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16678041  }}</ref>


**Arthrographis spp<ref name="pmid11158158">{{cite journal| author=Chin-Hong PV, Sutton DA, Roemer M, Jacobson MA, Aberg JA| title=Invasive fungal sinusitis and meningitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a patient with AIDS. | journal=J Clin Microbiol | year= 2001 | volume= 39 | issue= 2 | pages= 804-7 | pmid=11158158 | doi=10.1128/JCM.39.2.804-807.2001 | pmc=87827 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11158158  }}</ref>
*Arthrographis spp<ref name="pmid11158158">{{cite journal| author=Chin-Hong PV, Sutton DA, Roemer M, Jacobson MA, Aberg JA| title=Invasive fungal sinusitis and meningitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a patient with AIDS. | journal=J Clin Microbiol | year= 2001 | volume= 39 | issue= 2 | pages= 804-7 | pmid=11158158 | doi=10.1128/JCM.39.2.804-807.2001 | pmc=87827 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11158158  }}</ref>


**Blastoschizomyces<ref name="pmid1810730">{{cite journal| author=Girmenia C, Micozzi A, Venditti M, Meloni G, Iori AP, Bastianello S et al.| title=Fluconazole treatment of Blastoschizomyces capitatus meningitis in an allogeneic bone marrow recipient. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 1991 | volume= 10 | issue= 9 | pages= 752-6 | pmid=1810730 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1810730  }}</ref><ref name="pmid2324536">{{cite journal| author=Naficy AB, Murray HW| title=Isolated meningitis caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1990 | volume= 161 | issue= 5 | pages= 1041-2 | pmid=2324536 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2324536  }}</ref>
*Blastoschizomyces<ref name="pmid1810730">{{cite journal| author=Girmenia C, Micozzi A, Venditti M, Meloni G, Iori AP, Bastianello S et al.| title=Fluconazole treatment of Blastoschizomyces capitatus meningitis in an allogeneic bone marrow recipient. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 1991 | volume= 10 | issue= 9 | pages= 752-6 | pmid=1810730 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1810730  }}</ref><ref name="pmid2324536">{{cite journal| author=Naficy AB, Murray HW| title=Isolated meningitis caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1990 | volume= 161 | issue= 5 | pages= 1041-2 | pmid=2324536 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2324536  }}</ref>


**[[Paecilomyces]]<ref name="pmid12588483">{{cite journal| author=Kantarcioğlu AS, Hatemi G, Yücel A, De Hoog GS, Mandel NM| title=Paecilomyces variotii central nervous system infection in a patient with cancer. | journal=Mycoses | year= 2003 | volume= 46 | issue= 1-2 | pages= 45-50 | pmid=12588483 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12588483  }}</ref><ref name="pmid7192726">{{cite journal| author=Fagerburg R, Suh B, Buckley HR, Lorber B, Karian J| title=Cerebrospinal fluid shunt colonization and obstruction by Paecilomyces variotii. Case report. | journal=J Neurosurg | year= 1981 | volume= 54 | issue= 2 | pages= 257-60 | pmid=7192726 | doi=10.3171/jns.1981.54.2.0257 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7192726  }}</ref>
*[[Paecilomyces]]<ref name="pmid12588483">{{cite journal| author=Kantarcioğlu AS, Hatemi G, Yücel A, De Hoog GS, Mandel NM| title=Paecilomyces variotii central nervous system infection in a patient with cancer. | journal=Mycoses | year= 2003 | volume= 46 | issue= 1-2 | pages= 45-50 | pmid=12588483 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12588483  }}</ref><ref name="pmid7192726">{{cite journal| author=Fagerburg R, Suh B, Buckley HR, Lorber B, Karian J| title=Cerebrospinal fluid shunt colonization and obstruction by Paecilomyces variotii. Case report. | journal=J Neurosurg | year= 1981 | volume= 54 | issue= 2 | pages= 257-60 | pmid=7192726 | doi=10.3171/jns.1981.54.2.0257 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7192726  }}</ref>


**[[Aureobasidium]]<ref name="pmid22504065">{{cite journal| author=Kutleša M, Mlinarić-Missoni E, Hatvani L, Voncina D, Simon S, Lepur D et al.| title=Chronic fungal meningitis caused by Aureobasidium proteae. | journal=Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 2012 | volume= 73 | issue= 3 | pages= 271-2 | pmid=22504065 | doi=10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.03.007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22504065  }}</ref>
*[[Aureobasidium]]<ref name="pmid22504065">{{cite journal| author=Kutleša M, Mlinarić-Missoni E, Hatvani L, Voncina D, Simon S, Lepur D et al.| title=Chronic fungal meningitis caused by Aureobasidium proteae. | journal=Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 2012 | volume= 73 | issue= 3 | pages= 271-2 | pmid=22504065 | doi=10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.03.007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22504065  }}</ref>


**Clavispora<ref name="pmid10030550">{{cite journal| author=Krcmery V, Mateicka F, Grausova S, Kunova A, Hanzen J| title=Invasive infections due to Clavispora lusitaniae. | journal=FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol | year= 1999 | volume= 23 | issue= 1 | pages= 75-8 | pmid=10030550 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10030550  }}</ref>
*Clavispora<ref name="pmid10030550">{{cite journal| author=Krcmery V, Mateicka F, Grausova S, Kunova A, Hanzen J| title=Invasive infections due to Clavispora lusitaniae. | journal=FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol | year= 1999 | volume= 23 | issue= 1 | pages= 75-8 | pmid=10030550 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10030550  }}</ref>


**[[Ustilago]]<ref name="pmid20991975">{{cite journal| author=MOORE M, RUSSELL WO, SACHS E| title=Chronic leptomeningitis and ependymitis caused by Ustilago, probably U. zeae (corn smut). | journal=Am J Pathol | year= 1946 | volume= 22 | issue=  | pages= 761-77 | pmid=20991975 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20991975  }}</ref>
*[[Ustilago]]<ref name="pmid20991975">{{cite journal| author=MOORE M, RUSSELL WO, SACHS E| title=Chronic leptomeningitis and ependymitis caused by Ustilago, probably U. zeae (corn smut). | journal=Am J Pathol | year= 1946 | volume= 22 | issue=  | pages= 761-77 | pmid=20991975 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20991975  }}</ref>


**[[Exophiala]] (Wangiella)<ref name="pmid12530707">{{cite journal| author=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)| title=Exophiala infection from contaminated injectable steroids prepared by a compounding pharmacy--United States, July-November 2002. | journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep | year= 2002 | volume= 51 | issue= 49 | pages= 1109-12 | pmid=12530707 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12530707  }}</ref>
*[[Exophiala]] (Wangiella)<ref name="pmid12530707">{{cite journal| author=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)| title=Exophiala infection from contaminated injectable steroids prepared by a compounding pharmacy--United States, July-November 2002. | journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep | year= 2002 | volume= 51 | issue= 49 | pages= 1109-12 | pmid=12530707 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12530707  }}</ref>


**Exserohilum<ref name="pmid23465119">{{cite journal| author=Pettit AC, Pugh ME| title=Index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak, United States. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2013 | volume= 368 | issue= 10 | pages= 970 | pmid=23465119 | doi=10.1056/NEJMc1300630 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23465119  }}</ref>
*Exserohilum<ref name="pmid23465119">{{cite journal| author=Pettit AC, Pugh ME| title=Index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak, United States. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2013 | volume= 368 | issue= 10 | pages= 970 | pmid=23465119 | doi=10.1056/NEJMc1300630 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23465119  }}</ref>
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Meningitis Main Page

Patient Information

Overview

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Viral Meningitis
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Differential Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Treatment

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Overview

Causes


Species Common causes Less common causes
Bacterial
Viral
Fungal
  • Dreschlera spp[7]
  • Arthrographis spp[10]
Spirochetal --
Protozoal and Helminthic


Classification

Diagnosis

  1. Villanueva JL, Cordero E, Caballero-Granado FJ, Regordan C, Becerril B, Pachón J (1997). "Pneumocystis carinii meningoradiculitis in a patient with AIDS". Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 16 (12): 940–2. PMID 9495679.
  2. Baena Luna MR, Muñoz García J, Grancha Bertolín L, Sanz García M (1998). "[Presence of Pneumocystis carinii in cerebrospinal fluid]". An Med Interna. 15 (5): 265–6. PMID 9629775.
  3. Melo JC, Srinivasan S, Scott ML, Raff MJ (1980). "Cryptococcus albidus meningitis". J Infect. 2 (1): 79–82. PMID 7185917.
  4. OHASHI Y (1960). "On a rare disease due to Alternaria tenuis Nees (alternariasis)". Tohoku J Exp Med. 72: 78–82. PMID 13730495.
  5. Shinde RS, Mantur BG, Patil G, Parande MV, Parande AM (2008). "Meningitis due to Rhodotorula glutinis in an HIV infected patient". Indian J Med Microbiol. 26 (4): 375–7. PMID 18974495.
  6. Fincher RM, Fisher JF, Lovell RD, Newman CL, Espinel-Ingroff A, Shadomy HJ (1991). "Infection due to the fungus Acremonium (cephalosporium)". Medicine (Baltimore). 70 (6): 398–409. PMID 1956281.
  7. Fuste FJ, Ajello L, Threlkeld R, Henry JE (1973). "Drechslera hawaiiensis: causative agent of a fatal fungal meningo-encephalitis". Sabouraudia. 11 (1): 59–63. PMID 4739938.
  8. Rosales CM, Jackson MA, Zwick D (2004). "Malassezia furfur meningitis associated with total parenteral nutrition subdural effusion". Pediatr Dev Pathol. 7 (1): 86–90. doi:10.1007/s10024-003-4030-5. PMID 15255040.
  9. Symoens F, Knoop C, Schrooyen M, Denis O, Estenne M, Nolard N; et al. (2006). "Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a cystic fibrosis patient after double-lung transplantation". J Heart Lung Transplant. 25 (5): 603–7. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2005.12.011. PMID 16678041.
  10. Chin-Hong PV, Sutton DA, Roemer M, Jacobson MA, Aberg JA (2001). "Invasive fungal sinusitis and meningitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a patient with AIDS". J Clin Microbiol. 39 (2): 804–7. doi:10.1128/JCM.39.2.804-807.2001. PMC 87827. PMID 11158158.
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