"Meningoencephalitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An inflammatory process involving the brain (ENCEPHALITIS) and meninges (MENINGITIS), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D008590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.430.550 C10.228.228.245.550 C10.228.228.570 C10.228.614.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningoencephalitis- Meningoencephalitis
- Meningoencephalitides
- Cerebromeningitis
- Cerebromeningitides
- Encephalomeningitis
- Encephalomeningitides
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningoencephalitis" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical reasoning: a 35-year-old man with 2 episodes of meningoencephalitis associated with flu-like illnesses. Neurology. 2015 Mar 03; 84(9):e60-4.
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Frequent infection of neurons by SV40 virus in SIV-infected macaque monkeys with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and meningoencephalitis. Am J Pathol. 2013 Dec; 183(6):1910-1917.
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Enteroviral Meningoencephalitis Complicated by Central Diabetes Insipidus in a Neonate: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Jun; 4(2):155-8.
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Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and visceral larva migrans caused by the raccoon ascarid Baylisascaris procyonis. N Engl J Med. 1985 Jun 20; 312(25):1619-23.