Disease class: Central nervous system diseases
This refers to inflammation of the menigeal layers of the brain. It usually implies an infectious cause. This is potentially destructive and life-threatening.
Types
- Arachnoiditis
- meningitis, Aseptic
- meningitis, Bacterial
- meningitis, Fungal
- meningitis, Viral
- Meningoencephalitis
Causes
Viral meningitis
- Enteroviruses
- Herpes simplex virus
- Varicella zoster virus
- Mumps virus
- HIV
- LCMV (Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus)
Bacterial meningitis
- Group B streptococci
- Escherichia coli (K1 antigen)
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Haemophilus influenzae type B
- Neisseria meningitidis (also known as meningococcus)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Mycoplasma species
Fungal meningitis
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Coccidioides immitis
- Histoplasma capsulatum
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Candida species
Other infectious meningitis
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Gnathostoma spinigerum
- Schistosoma
- Cysticercosis
- Toxocariasis
- Baylisascariasis
- Paragonimiasis
- Plasmodium
Non-infectious meningitis
- Neoplasm
- Adverse drug reaction
- SLE
- Sarcoidosis
- Vasculitis
- Migraine
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