Central Nervous System Infections
"Central Nervous System Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D002494
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.395 C10.228.228
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical features, etiologies, and outcomes of central nervous system infections in intensive care: A multicentric retrospective study in a large Brazilian metropolitan area. J Crit Care. 2024 Feb; 79:154451.
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Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Neurocritical Care Unit. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2019 08 27; 19(10):76.
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Building a neuroinfectious disease consensus curriculum. Neurology. 2019 07 30; 93(5):208-216.
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Molecular diagnosis of central nervous system opportunistic infections in HIV-infected Zambian adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun; 58(12):1771-7.
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Preoperative third ventricular bowing as a predictor of endoscopic third ventriculostomy success. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Feb; 9(2):182-90.
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Central nervous system involvement in Rickettsial diseases. Neurol Clin. 1999 Nov; 17(4):801-12.
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M. tuberculosis molecular variation in CNS infection: evidence for strain-dependent neurovirulence. Neurology. 1998 Jun; 50(6):1827-32.