Eosinophilic meningitis: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:08, 17 August 2019

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-= Differential Diagnosis =
+== Differential Diagnosis ==
 * 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)
 ** Rare
-*** ''Trichinellosis''
+*** ''[[Trichinellosis]]''
-*** ''Echinococcosis''
+*** ''[[Echinococcosis]]''
-*** ''Neurocysticercosis''
+*** ''[[Neurocysticercosis]]''
-*** ''Fascioliasis''
+*** ''[[Fascioliasis]]''
-*** ''Paragonimiasis''
+*** ''[[Paragonimiasis]]''
 * Other infections
-** Coccidioidomycosis
+** [[Coccidioidomycosis]]
-** Visceral myiasis (CNS invasion by larvae of cattle botflies)
+** Visceral [[myiasis]] (CNS invasion by larvae of cattle botflies)
 ** Rarely, viral, rickettsial, and bacterial infections
+** [[Tuberculosis]]
-** TB
-** Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM)
+** [[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis]] (LCM)
 * Non-infectious causes
 ** Hypereosinophilic syndrome
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 ** Medications
 *** Ibuprofen
-*** Ciprofloxacin
+*** [[Ciprofloxacin]]
-*** Septra
+*** [[Septra]]
-*** Intraventricular vancomycin or gentamicin
+*** Intraventricular [[vancomycin]] or [[gentamicin]]
 ** Post-contrast myelography
 ** Sarcoidosis