List of infections of the central nervous system

There are five main causes of infections of the central nervous system (CNS): bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, and prionic.

Fungal

• Cryptococcal meningitis
• Brain abscess
• Spinal epidural infection

Protozoal

• Toxoplasmosis
• Malaria
• Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
• Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
• Amoebic brain abscess

Viral

• Viral meningitis
• Eastern equine encephalitis
• St Louis encephalitis
• Japanese encephalitis
• West Nile encephalitis
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Herpes simplex encephalitis
• Rabies
• California encephalitis virus
• Varicella-zoster encephalitis
• La Crosse encephalitis
• Measles encephalitis
• Nipah virus encephalitis
• Poliomyelitis
• Slow virus infections, which include:
  • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Prionic

• Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and its variant
• Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome
• Kuru
• Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy
• Familial spongiform encephalopathy

Post-infectious diseases of the central nervous system

• PANDAS (controversial hypothesis)
• Sydenham's chorea
• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
• Guillain–Barré syndrome

See also

• Central nervous system viral disease
• Encephalitis
• Meningitis
• Neuroepidemiology
• Neurovirology