Causes of Meningitis
Cause of Meningitis: Meningitis may be caused by many different viruses and bacteria. 1
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes thousands of cases of meningitis and pneumonia, and 7 million cases of ear infection in the United States each year.2
Underlying condition causes of Meningitis: The list of possible underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Meningitis) mentioned in various sources as possible causes of Meningitis includes:
- Head injury - any injury causing skull fracture increases the risk of bacterial entry to the meninges.
- Certain infections can lead to meningitis:
- Causes of viral meningitis:
- Causes of bacterial meningitis:
- Other causes of bacterial meningitis mainly in newborns:
- Proteus
- Klebsiella
- Citrobacter
- Salmonella
- Pseudomonas (type of Nosocomial infections)
- Serratia
- Achromobacter
Meningitis as a complication: Other conditions that might have Meningitis as a complication might be potential underlying causes of Meningitis. The list of conditions listing Meningitis as a complication in our database includes:
- Bacteremia
- Behcet's Disease
- Blastomycosis
- Brucellosis
- Campylobacter food poisoning
- Cellulitis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cryptococcosis
- Encephalitis
- Epiglotitis
- Group A Streptococcal Infections
- Group B Streptococcal Infections
- HIV/AIDS
- Invasive candidiasis
- Labrynthitis
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
- Mastoiditis
- Measles
- Melioidosis
- Middle ear infection
- Mumps
- Polio
- Pulmonary Anthrax
- Streptococcal Infections
- Trichinosis
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid fever
- Weil's syndrome
Meningitis as a symptom: Conditions listing Meningitis as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Meningitis. The list of conditions listing Meningitis as a symptom in our database includes:
- Anthrax
- Behcet's Disease
- Cryptococcosis
- Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
- Group B Streptococcal Infections
- Hemophilus influenzae B
- Listeriosis
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
- Melioidosis
- Polio
- Pulmonary Anthrax
- SCID
Causes of Meningitis: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Meningitis:
Related information for causes of Meningitis:
Further relevant information on causes of Meningitis may be found
in the risk factors for Meningitis
and underlying causes of Meningitis.
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NINDS Encephalitis and Meningitis Information Page: NINDS
2. excerpt from Antimicrobial Resistance, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID
Last revision:
June 2, 2003
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