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= Differential Diagnosis =
= Recurrent meningitis =

== Differential Diagnosis ==


* Immune defects
* Immune defects
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** Behcet's
** Behcet's


== Hypogammaglobulinemia ==
= Hypogammaglobulinemia =


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

[[Category:CNS infections]]

Revision as of 17:31, 13 August 2019

Differential Diagnosis

  • 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

Hypogammaglobulinemia

Can develop chronic meningoencephalitis, primarily cause by:

  • Enterovirus
  • Mycoplasma