Eosinophilic meningitis: Difference between revisions
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**''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]'' (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans) |
**''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]'' (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans) |
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**''[[Gnathostoma spinigerum]]'' (neurognathostomiasis) |
**''[[Gnathostoma spinigerum]]'' (neurognathostomiasis) |
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| + | **[[Acanthamoeba species]], [[Balamuthia mandrillaris]], and [[Naegleria fowleri]] |
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**Rare |
**Rare |
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***''[[Trichinellosis]]'' |
***''[[Trichinellosis]]'' |
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***''[[Echinococcosis]]'' |
***''[[Echinococcosis]]'' |
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***''[[Fascioliasis]]'' |
***''[[Fascioliasis]]'' |
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***''[[Paragonimiasis]]'' |
***''[[Paragonimiasis]]'' |
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*Other infections |
*Other infections |
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**[[Coccidioidomycosis]] |
**[[Coccidioidomycosis]] |
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Revision as of 19:58, 10 August 2020
Differential Diagnosis
- Parasites
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis (neurologic angiostrongyliasis)
- Baylisascaris procyonis (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans)
- Gnathostoma spinigerum (neurognathostomiasis)
- Acanthamoeba species, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri
- Rare
- Other infections
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Visceral myiasis (CNS invasion by larvae of cattle botflies)
- Rarely, viral, rickettsial, and bacterial infections
- Tuberculosis
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM)
- Non-infectious causes
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Other lymphoproliferative and malignant diseases
- Medications
- Ibuprofen
- Ciprofloxacin
- Septra
- Intraventricular vancomycin or gentamicin
- Post-contrast myelography
- Sarcoidosis
- Cerebral eosinophilic granuloma
