List of infections of the central nervous system

There are four main causes of infections of the central nervous system (CNS): bacterial, viral, fungal and protozoal.

List

Fungal infections

• Cryptococcal meningitis
• Brain abscess
• Spinal epidural infection

Protozoal infections

• toxoplasmosis
• malaria
• Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Bacterial infections

• tuberculosis
• leprosy
• neurosyphilis
• Bacterial meningitis
• Late stage Lyme disease
• Brain abscess
• Neuroborreliosis

Viral infections

• Viral meningitis
• Eastern equine encephalitis
• St Louis encephalitis
• Japanese encephalitis
• West Nile encephalitis
• Herpes simplex encephalitis
• Rabies
• California encephalitis virus
• Varicella-zoster encephalitis
• La Crosse encephalitis
• Measles encephalitis
• poliomyelitis
• slow virus infections, which include:
• Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
• Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Post-infectious diseases of the central nervous system

• PANDAS
• Sydenham's chorea
• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
• Guillain-Barré syndrome

See also

• Meningitis
• Encephalitis
• Central nervous system viral disease