Eosinophilic meningitis: Difference between revisions

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Organism	Host	Notes
Angiostrongylus cantonensis	rats
Gnathostoma spinigerum	felines and other mammals

Differential Diagnosis

Parasites
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis (neurologic angiostrongyliasis)
- Baylisascaris procyonis (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans)
- Gnathostoma spinigerum (neurognathostomiasis)
- Rare
  - Trichinellosis
  - Echinococcosis
  - Neurocysticercosis
  - Fascioliasis
  - Paragonimiasis
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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+{| class="wikitable"
-== Differential Diagnosis ==
+!Organism
+!Host
+!Notes
+|-
+|[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]]
+|rats
+|
+|-
+|[[Gnathostoma spinigerum]]
+|felines and other mammals
+|
+|}
+==Differential Diagnosis==
-* Parasites
-** ''[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]]'' (neurologic angiostrongyliasis)
+*Parasites
-** ''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]'' (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans)
+**''[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]]'' (neurologic angiostrongyliasis)
-** ''[[Gnathostoma spinigerum]]'' (neurognathostomiasis)
+**''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]'' (baylisascariasis; neural larva migrans)
-** Rare
+**''[[Gnathostoma spinigerum]]'' (neurognathostomiasis)
-*** ''[[Trichinellosis]]''
+**Rare
-*** ''[[Echinococcosis]]''
-*** ''[[Neurocysticercosis]]''
+***''[[Trichinellosis]]''
-*** ''[[Fascioliasis]]''
+***''[[Echinococcosis]]''
-*** ''[[Paragonimiasis]]''
+***''[[Neurocysticercosis]]''
+***''[[Fascioliasis]]''
-* Other infections
-** [[Coccidioidomycosis]]
+***''[[Paragonimiasis]]''
+*Other infections
-** Visceral [[myiasis]] (CNS invasion by larvae of cattle botflies)
+**[[Coccidioidomycosis]]
-** Rarely, viral, rickettsial, and bacterial infections
+**Visceral [[myiasis]] (CNS invasion by larvae of cattle botflies)
-** [[Tuberculosis]]
+**Rarely, viral, rickettsial, and bacterial infections
-** [[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis]] (LCM)
+**[[Tuberculosis]]
-* Non-infectious causes
+**[[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis]] (LCM)
-** Hypereosinophilic syndrome
+*Non-infectious causes
-** Hodgkin lymphoma
+**Hypereosinophilic syndrome
-** Other lymphoproliferative and malignant diseases
+**Hodgkin lymphoma
-** Medications
+**Other lymphoproliferative and malignant diseases
-*** Ibuprofen
+**Medications
-*** [[Ciprofloxacin]]
-*** [[Septra]]
+***Ibuprofen
+***[[Ciprofloxacin]]
-*** Intraventricular [[vancomycin]] or [[gentamicin]]
+***[[Septra]]
-** Post-contrast myelography
+***Intraventricular [[vancomycin]] or [[gentamicin]]
-** Sarcoidosis
+**Post-contrast myelography
-** Cerebral eosinophilic granuloma
+**Sarcoidosis
+**Cerebral eosinophilic granuloma
 [[Category:CNS infections]]