List of infections of the central nervous system
Appearance
There are five main causes of infections of the central nervous system (CNS): bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, and prionic.
Fungal
Protozoal
Bacterial
- Tuberculosis
- Leprosy
- Neurosyphilis
- Bacterial meningitis
- Late stage Lyme disease
- Brain abscess
- Neuroborreliosis
Viral
- 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
Post-infectious diseases of the central nervous system
See also