Meningitis differential diagnosis


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Complete Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes of Meningitis
In alphabetical order.

Common Causes

 * Escherichia coli
 * Gram-negative bacilli
 * Group B streptococci
 * Haemophilus influenzae
 * Klebsiella pneumoniae
 * Listeria monocytogenes
 * Neisseria Meningitis
 * Non-Group B streptococci
 * Staphylococci
 * Streptococcus agalactiae
 * Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infectious Causes

 * Abscess
 * Adenovirus
 * Arboviruses
 * Aspergillosis
 * Borrelia
 * Candidiasis
 * Chlamydia psittaci
 * Coccidioidomycosis
 * Coxsackie viruses
 * Cryptococcosis
 * Cysticercosis
 * Cytomegalovirus
 * ECHO viruses (Entero Cytopathogenic Human Orphan)
 * Epstein-Barr Virus
 * Escherichia coli
 * Haemophilus influenzae
 * Herpes Simplex Virus
 * Histoplasmosis
 * HIV
 * Influenza
 * Klebsiella pneumoniae
 * Leptospira
 * Listeria monocytogenes
 * Malaria
 * Measles
 * Mumps
 * Mycobacteria
 * Mycoplasma pneumoniae
 * Neisseria Meningitidis
 * Otitis
 * Pertussis
 * Polio
 * Proteus
 * Pseudomonas
 * Rabies
 * Rickettsia
 * Rubella
 * Sarcoidosis
 * Schistosomiasis
 * Sinusitis
 * Smallpox
 * Staphylococcus aureus
 * Staphylococcus epidermidis
 * Streptococci
 * Streptococcus agalactiae
 * Streptococcus pneumoniae
 * Syphilis
 * Toxoplasmosis
 * Tuberculosis
 * Varicella-Zoster Virus
 * Whipple's Disease

Noninfectious Causes

 * Behcet's Syndrome
 * Brain tumor
 * Cerebrovascular accident
 * Drugs
 * Meningeal carcinomatosis
 * Meningeal leukemia
 * Multiple Sclerosis
 * Vaccine reaction
 * Triquinine