Keywords cerebral malaria, sleeping sickness, amebic meningoencephalitis, eosinophilic meningitis, neurocysticercosis, echinococcosis, strongyloidiasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, neuroschistosomiasis   Protozoans and helminths are responsible for a significant burden of human disease, disproportionately affecting…

Keywords viral diseases, vaccines, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, smallpox, hepatitis B, adjuvants, encephalitis   Yet it was with those who had recovered from the disease that the sick and…

Keywords viruses, viral meningitis, aseptic meningitis, viral encephalitis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, prion diseases, acyclovir, gancyclovir, foscarnet, postinfectious encephalomyelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy, transverse myelitis, cerebellar ataxia   Invasion…

Keywords HIV/AIDS, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, HIV-associated dementia, antiretroviral therapy, primary HIV infection, opportunistic infection, HIV-associated myelopathy, HTLV, HTLV-associated myelopathy, tropical spastic paraparesis, peripheral neuropathy, cerebrospinal fluid   Human immunodeficiency virus…

Keywords transplantation, immunosuppression, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, corticosteroids, meningitis, abscess, encephalitis, stroke, embolus, encephalopathy, neuropathy, seizure, infection   Over the past 60 years, organ transplantation has become the treatment of choice for…

Keywords leprous neuritis, lepromatous leprosy, tuberculoid leprosy, borderline leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae , drug treatment of leprosy, erythema nodosum leprosum   The acid-fast organism Mycobacterium leprae , the cause of leprosy,…

Keywords tuberculous meningitis, hypoglycorachia (low CSF glucose), tuberculoma, hydrocephalus, CNS vasculitis, basal ganglia infarction, arachnoiditis, spinal arachnoiditis   Tuberculosis in all its forms remains a challenging clinical problem and a…

Keywords Lyme disease, neuroborreliosis, neurosyphilis, spirochetes, syphilis, ticks   Spirochetes cause a broad range of human illnesses, including relapsing fever, yaws, pinta, leptospirosis, and periodontal disease. Although leptospirosis and relapsing…

Keywords bacterial meningitis, brain abscess, subdural empyema, epidural abscess, spinal epidural abscess, septic intracranial thrombophlebitis, venous sinus thrombosis   Acute bacterial infections of the central nervous system (CNS) include meningitis,…

Keywords thermal burn, central pontine myelinolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, intracranial infection, electrocution, electricity, lightning, keraunoparalysis   Fires and burns are the fifth leading cause of accidental death in the United…