Inflammatory Diseases of the CNS Treat for the Treatable

The hallmark of CNS inflammation is infiltration of peripheral blood leukocytes into the neuroparenchyma and its coverings, resulting in various types of encephalitis and/or meningitis, and sometimes associated with altered vascular integrity that leads to edema. The etiologies of inflammatory disease of the CNS are very diverse. Simplistically, they can be classed as pathogenic and non-pathogenic, with the latter being potentially related to immune-system dysfunction. Infectious causes may be viral, protozoal, bacterial, rickettsial, or fungal. The session will cover presentations and treatment approaches for each of the main. […]