Central nervous system infection
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'''Central nervous system infections''' are those [[infection]]s of the [[central nervous system]] (CNS).
There are four main causes of infections of the nervous system: [[bacterium|bacteria]]l, [[virus|viral]], [[fungus|fungal]] and [[protozoa]]l.
''Bacterial'' infections can be [[pyogenic infection]]s (''e.g.'', [[meningitis]]; [[brain abscess]]; [[subdural abscess|subdural]] and [[epidural abscess|epidural]] [[abscess]]es), [[tuberculosis]], [[neurosyphilis]], or [[leprosy]].
''Viral'' infections may be meningitis, [[encephalitis]], [[poliomyelitis]], [[slow virus]] infections, [[acquired immune deficiency syndrome]] (AIDS), and post-infectious syndromes.
''Fungal'' infections may be meningitis or [[meningoencephalitis]], [[brain]] abscess, or [[spinal epidural infection]].
''Protozoal'' infections include [[toxoplasmosis]], [[malaria]] or [[amoeba|amoebic]] infection.
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[[Category:Neurology]] [[Category:Infectious diseases]]