Eosinophilic meningitis: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:45, 27 January 2022

Differential Diagnosis

Parasites
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis (neurologic angiostrongyliasis)
- Baylisascaris procyonis (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans)
- Gnathostoma spinigerum (neurognathostomiasis)
- Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Naegleria fowleri
- Rare
  - Visceral larva migrans
  - Trichinellosis
  - Echinococcosis
  - Neurocysticercosis
  - Fascioliasis
  - Paragonimiasis
  - Encephalitozoon cuniculi
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

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