Join Drs Felicia C. Chow and Karen C. Bloch as they discuss Histoplasma meningitis, meningococcal meningitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick-borne infections, and free-living amoeba.

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Resources

Meningitis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/232915-overview

In Search of Encephalitis Etiologies: Diagnostic Challenges in the California Encephalitis Project, 1998-2000 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12627357/

Improvement in Diagnosis of Histoplasma Meningitis by Combined Testing for Histoplasma Antigen and Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Anti-Histoplasma Antibody in Cerebrospinal Fluid https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29020213/

Central Nervous System Histoplasmosis: Multicenter Retrospective Study on Clinical Features, Diagnostic Approach and Outcome of Treatment https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29595679/

Use of Clinical and Neuroimaging Characteristics to Distinguish Temporal Lobe Herpes Simplex Encephalitis From Its Mimics https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25637586/

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482425/

Central Nervous System Infection With Histoplasma capsulatum https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31344869/

Efficacy of Cerebrospinal Fluid Beta-D-Glucan Diagnostic Testing for Fungal Meningitis: A Systematic Review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31996446/

An Overview of Next-Generation Sequencing https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/articles/an-overview-of-next-generation-sequencing-346532

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Histoplasmosis: 2007 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17806045/

Comparative Evaluation of Isavuconazonium Sulfate, Voriconazole, and Posaconazole for the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections in an Academic Medical Center https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30894179/

β-D-Glucan Testing Is Important for Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23850953/

Meningococcal Meningitis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1165557-overview

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228042-overview

Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/231927-overview

Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease (HFMD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/218402-overview

West Nile Virus https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/312210-overview

Tickborne Diseases of the United States https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/index.html

Free Living Amebic Infections https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/freelivingamebic/index.html

The Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycorrhachia in Adult Patients https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24326618/