Mesh term Central Nervous System Infections
Browse to parent terms:Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Central Nervous System Diseases
Description
Pathogenic infections of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; fungal infections; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS; and PRION DISEASES may involve the central nervous system as a primary or secondary process.Browse to child terms:
Brain Abscess
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
Encephalomyelitis
Epidural Abscess
Infectious Encephalitis
Meningoencephalitis
Myelitis
Perimeningeal Infections
Prion Diseases
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