Meningitis differential diagnosis
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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