List of infections of the central nervous system
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There are five main causes of infections of the central nervous system (CNS): bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, and prionic.
Fungal[edit | edit source]
Protozoal[edit | edit source]
Bacterial[edit | edit source]
- Tuberculosis
- Leprosy
- Neurosyphilis
- Bacterial meningitis
- Late stage Lyme disease
- Brain abscess
- Neuroborreliosis
Viral[edit | edit source]
- Viral meningitis
- Eastern equine encephalitis
- St Louis encephalitis
- Japanese encephalitis
- West Nile encephalitis
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Herpes simplex encephalitis
- Rabies
- California encephalitis virus
- Varicella-zoster encephalitis
- La Crosse encephalitis
- Measles encephalitis
- Nipah virus encephalitis
- Poliomyelitis
- Slow virus infections, which include:
Prionic[edit | edit source]
Post-infectious diseases of the central nervous system[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
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