Chronic meningitis: causes

Evidence-based neurology checklist on chronic meningitis: causes: Infective causes Tuberculosis (TB) Lyme disease Listeria Syphilis HIV Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Cryptococcus Candida Aspergillus Parasitic Drug-induced Chemical Neoplastic causes Neuroinflammatory causes Uveomeningitis Other causes

Infective causes

  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Lyme disease
  • Listeria
  • Syphilis
  • HIV
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Cryptococcus
  • Candida
  • Aspergillus
  • Parasitic

Drug-induced

Chemical

Neoplastic causes

Neuroinflammatory causes

Uveomeningitis

Other causes

References

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