Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Encephalitis

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Encephalitis includes:

• Viral brain infection - encephalitis arising as a (rare) complication of an infection such as:
  • Flu
  • Measles
  • Chicken pox
  • Herpes simplex
  • Glandular fever
  • Rubella
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Mumps
  • Infectious mononucleosis
• Viral Encephalitis
• Bacterial Encephalitis
• Primary encephalitis - caused directly by a virus in the brain
• Secondary encephalitis - caused by a hypersensitivity reaction inside the brain to a virus outside the brain
• Japanese encephalitis
• Murray Valley encephalitis
• Mosquito-borne viral infection
• Trichinosis - encephalitis
• Listeriosis - encephalitis
• Labrynthitis - brain infection
• Rubella congenital syndrome - meningoencephalitis
• Herpes, Neonatal - Disseminated - encephalitis
• Bartonella infections - meningoencephalitis
• Whooping Cough - encephalitis
• Gnathostoma hispidum infection - encephalitis
• Aspergillosis - brain infection
• West African Trypanosomiasis - chronic meningoencephalitis
• Trypanosomiasis, east-African - meningoencephalitis
• Tick-borne encephalitis - meningoencephalitis
• Simian B virus infection - brain infection
• Bartonellosis - meningoencephalitis
• Eastern equine encephalitis
• Western equine encephalitis - acute encephalitis
• Streptococcus Group B
• Powassan encephalitis virus
• Haemophilus influenzae
• Sinusitis - brain infection
• Poxviridae disease - encephalitis
• Congenital herpes simplex - encephalitis
• Venezuelan equine encephalitis
• Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Pneumococcus
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis - meningoencephalitis
• Bacteroides
• Shingles - encephalitis
• Lyssavirus - encephalitis
• Gnathostoma Infection - encephalitis
• Post-vaccinial encephalitis - encephalitis
• Hemophagocytic reticulosis - meningoencephalitis
• Addington disease - encephalomyelitis
• West Nile fever - encephalitis
• Neisseria meningiditis
• Rabies - brain infection
• Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1
• Yersinia pestis
• Angiostrongyliasis
• St Louis encephalitis - encephalitis
• Toxoplasmosis - meningoencephalitis
• Arbovirosis - encephalitis
• Acanthamoeba - granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE)
• Vaccinia - encephalitis
• Gnathostoma spinigerum infection - encephalitis
• Rasmussen's Encephalitis - encephalitis
• Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis - encephalitis
• Fetal parainfluenza virus type 3 - viral encephalitis
• Enterovirus 70
• Herpes virus 6
• Salmonella typhi
• Kawasaki disease
• Secondary syphilis
• Actinomycosis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Behcet's disease - meningoencephalitis
• Escherichia coli
• Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
• Cytomegalovirus - encephalitis
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome - meningoencephalitis
• TORCH Syndrome - brain infection
• Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders - encephalomyelitis
• Flavivirus Infections - encephalitis
• Biotinidase deficiency - acute meningoencephalitis
• HIV/AIDS - encephalitis
• Smith disease - meningoencephalitis
• Lyme disease - Encephalomyelitis
• Chagas disease - meningoencephalitis
• Cardiovirus - encephalitis
• Skull fracture
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Chandipura virus
• Kumlinge virus encephalitis
• Schistosoma japonicum
• Streptococcus suis
• Capnocytophaga canimorsus
• Mosquito bite - Viral encephalitis
• Enteroviruses - encephalitis
• Nipah virus
• Campylobacter fetus
• Enterobacter sakazakii
• Togaviridae disease - acute encephalitis
• Rocio encephalitis - encephalitis
• Rift Valley Fever - encephalitis
• Hantavirosis - encephalitis
• Enterovirus antenatal infection - meningoencephalitis
• Cryptococcosis - encephalitis
• Balamuthia mandrillaris
• Syphilis, congenital
• Louping ill
• Ehrlichiosis - meningoencephalitis
• Murray Valley encephalitis virus
• Klebsiella sp
• Cholesteatoma
• Familial histiocytic reticulosis
• Pontiac fever
• HIV-1 disease
• Colorado tick fever

Other underlying conditions related to Encephalitis:

• Acute confusional state
• Chronic brain failure
• Cranial nerve disorder
• Diabetes insipidus, non-nephrogenic
• Fits
• Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia
• Headache
• Hyperventilation
• Kernig's sign positive
• Meningism
• Neck stiffness
• Oligoclonal bands (CSF)
• Opisthotonus
• Photophobia
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Reduced level of consciousness
• Sensorineural hearing loss
• SIADH
• Spastic ataxia

Source: Diseases Database

Encephalitis as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Encephalitis as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Encephalitis as a complication includes:

• American mountain fever
• Colorado tick encephalitis
• Cryptococcosis
• Cytomegalovirus
• Enteroviruses
• Gnathostoma hispidum infection
• Gnathostoma Infection
• Gnathostoma spinigerum infection
• Herpes, Neonatal
• Herpes, Neonatal - Disseminated
• HIV/AIDS
• Listeriosis
• Lyme disease
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
• Lyssavirus
• Measles
• Mononucleosis
• Mountain fever
• Mountain tick fever
• Mumps
• Poxviridae disease
• Shingles
• Trichinosis
• Vaccinia
• West Nile fever
• Whooping Cough

Encephalitis Causes: Book Excerpts

• Differential Diagnosis - Nuchal Rigidity
• Medical causes - Brudzinski's sign
• Medical causes - Kernig's sign
• Medical causes - Nuchal rigidity
• Causes and incidence - Meningococcal infections
• Causes and incidence - West Nile encephalitis
• Medical causes - Brudzinski's sign
• Medical causes - Nuchal rigidity
• Causes - Encephalitis
• Causes - West Nile encephalitis
• Medical causes - Kernig's sign
• Medical causes - Brudzinski's sign
• Medical causes - Kernig's sign
• Medical causes - Nuchal rigidity
• Medical causes - Brudzinski's sign
• Medical causes - Kernig's sign
• Medical causes - Nuchal rigidity

Encephalitis as a symptom:

Conditions listing Encephalitis as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Encephalitis as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Encephalitis.

• Arbovirosis
• California encephalitis
• Cardiovirus
• Congenital herpes simplex
• Cryptococcosis
• Flavivirus Infections
• Hantavirosis
• Herpes, Neonatal
• Herpes, Neonatal - Central Nervous System Infection
• Herpes, Neonatal - Disseminated
• Immunosuppressive Measles Encephalitis
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
• Measles Encephalitis in Children with Immunosuppression
• Post-vaccinial encephalitis
• Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
• Rasmussen's Encephalitis
• Rift Valley Fever
• Rocio encephalitis
• St. Louis encephalitis
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Toxoplasmosis

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Encephalitis, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Encephalitis. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Encephalitis. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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