Recurrent meningitis: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:01, 13 September 2020

Can develop chronic meningoencephalitis, primarily cause by:
- Enterovirus
- Mycoplasma

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+==Differential Diagnosis==
-= Recurrent meningitis =
+*Immune defects
-== Differential Diagnosis ==
+**[[Asplenia]]
+**[[Hypogammaglobulinemia]]
+**[[Complement deficiencies]], including [[properdin deficiency]], [[terminal complement deficiency]], and use of [[eculizumab]]
+*Parameningeal focus of infection
+*Structural abnormalities
+**Post-neurosurgery
+**[[CSF leak]] or [[CSF fistula]]
+**[[Dermal sinus]]
+**[[Epidermoid cyst]]
+**[[Craniopharyngioma]]
+*Drugs
+**[[TMP-SMX]]
+**[[NSAIDs]]
+**[[IVIg]]
+**OKT3
+**[[Phenytoin]]
+*Infections
+**[[HSV-2]] (Mollaret's disease)
+*Inflammatory
+**[[SLE]]
+**[[Behçet disease]]
+==Specific Patients==
-* Immune defects
-** Asplenia
-** Hypogammaglobulinemia
-** Complement deficiences
-* Parameningeal focis of infection
-* Structurel abnormalities
-** Post-neurosurgery
-** CSF leak or fistula
-** Dermal sinuses
-** Epidermoid cysts
-** Craniopharyngioma
-* Drugs
-** Septra
-** NSAIDs
-** IVIg
-** OKT3
-** Phenytoin
-* Infections
-** HSV (Mollaret's disease)
-* Inflammatory
-** SLE
-** Behcet's
+===Terminal Complement Deficiency===
-== Hypogammaglobulinemia ==
+*Prone to recurrent [[Neisseria species|neisserial infections]]
-Can develop chronic meningoencephalitis, primarily cause by:
+===Hypogammaglobulinemia===
-* Enterovirus
-* Mycoplasma
+*Can develop chronic meningoencephalitis, primarily cause by:
+**[[Enterovirus]]
+**[[Mycoplasma]]
+[[Category:CNS infections]]