CNS Infectious Disease News & Articles

921 Intradural Extramedullary Tuberculoma Mimicking En Plaque Meningioma Full Text Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery, December 1, 2010

922 Identification of active loci of a human endogenous retrovirus in neurons of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Annals of Neurology , November 30, 2010

923 Retrospective analysis of NMDA receptor antibodies in encephalitis of unknown origin Neurology, November 30, 2010

924 Neonatal Enteroviral Sepsis/Meningoencephalitis and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Diagnostic Challenges American Journal of Perinatology, November 29, 2010

925 Activity of an Antimicrobial Hydrocephalus Shunt Catheter against Propionibacterium acnes Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 29, 2010
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926 Successful treatment of sellar aspergillus abscess Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, November 24, 2010

927 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: A rare central nervous system manifestation of dengue hemorrhagic fever Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, November 24, 2010

928 Human neurocysticercosis: Comparison of different diagnostic tests in cerebrospinal fluid Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 23, 2010

929 Clinical Features Suggestive of Meningitis in Children: A Systematic Review of Prospective Data Pediatrics, November 22, 2010

930 Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis strains expressing both serogroup Y and W-135 antigenic specificities Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 22, 2010
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931 Extensive white matter abnormalities associated with neonatal Parechovirus (HPeV) infection European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, November 19, 2010

932 Pneumococcal meningitis: clinical outcomes in a pre-vaccine era at a Dublin paediatric hospital, 1999–2007 Irish Journal of Medical Science, November 18, 2010

933 A Twist On Lyme: The Challenge of Diagnosing European Lyme Neuroborreliosis Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 17, 2010
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934 A Systematic Review of the Frequency of Neurocyticercosis with a Focus on People with Epilepsy Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 12, 2010

935 Enterovirus 75 Encephalitis in Children, Southern India Full Text Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 11, 2010

936 Intravenous Streptomycin for Treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Meningitis in an Infant Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, November 10, 2010

937 Jacalin-unbound fraction of Taenia saginata in immunodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis in human cerebrospinal fluid Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, November 10, 2010

938 Nationwide implementation of adjunctive dexamethasone therapy for pneumococcal meningitis Neurology, November 9, 2010

939 Variability in the 2'-5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase Gene Cluster Is Associated with Human Predisposition to Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus–Induced Disease The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 9, 2010

940 AIDS-Associated Penicillium marneffei Infection of the Central Nervous System Clinical Infectious Diseases, November 8, 2010
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1 Fulminant Streptococcal Meningoencephalitis JAMA Neurology, April 15, 2013

2 Combination Antifungal Therapy for Cryptococcal Meningitis New England Journal of Medicine, April 8, 2013

3 CD8 Encephalitis in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving cART: A Treatable Entity Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 17, 2013

4 Continuous versus intermittent infusions of antibiotics for the treatment of severe acute infections Cochrane Reviews, March 29, 2013    Review Article

5 Human herpes 6 virus encephalitis complicating allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Neurology, March 26, 2013

6 Anti-JC virus antibody prevalence in a multinational multiple sclerosis cohort Multiple Sclerosis Journal, April 1, 2013

7 Infection of the central nervous system caused by varicella zoster virus reactivation: a retrospective case series study International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013

8 Acute Encephalitis Critical Care Clinics, April 4, 2013    Review Article

9 Herpes simplex virus 2 meningitis: a retrospective cohort study Journal of NeuroVirology, March 21, 2013

10 The role of Streptococcus intermedius in brain abscess European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, March 19, 2013

11 Outcomes of persons with blastomycosis involving the central nervous system Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, April 9, 2013

12 Neurobrucellosis: Clinical and Diagnostic Features Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 26, 2013
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13 Trends in the Management of Viral Meningitis at United States Children's Hospitals Pediatrics, April 3, 2013

14 The spectrum of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients BMC Infectious Diseases, March 4, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

15 Diagnosing tuberculous meningitis ? have we made any progress? Tropical Medicine & International Health, March 27, 2013    Review Article

16 Cache Valley virus in a patient diagnosed with aseptic meningitis Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 25, 2013

17 Treatment and outcome of nine cases of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis Journal of Infection, April 18, 2013

18 De-escalation of antimicrobial treatment for adults with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013    Review Article

19 Encephalitis With Thalamic and Basal Ganglia Abnormalities: Etiologies, Neuroimaging, and Potential Role of Respiratory Viruses Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 27, 2013    Review Article

20 Cerebrospinal Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarker Abnormalities Suggest Early Neurological Injury in a Subset of Individuals During Primary HIV Infection The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 8, 2013