Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Meningitis

Underlying conditions list:

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

• Head injury - any injury causing skull fracture increases the risk of bacterial entry to the meninges.
• Certain infections can lead to meningitis:
  • Bacteremia
  • Otitis media
  • Sinusitis
  • Mastoiditis
• Causes of viral meningitis:
  • Enteroviruses
  • Arboviruses
  • Measles
  • Mumps
  • Chicken pox
• Causes of bacterial meningitis:
  • Meningococcus
  • Pneumococcus
  • Hib
  • Tuberculosis
  • E. coli
  • Group B Streptococcus
• Other causes of bacterial meningitis mainly in newborns:
  • Proteus
  • Klebsiella
  • Citrobacter
  • Salmonella
  • Pseudomonas (type of Nosocomial infections)
  • Serratia
  • Achromobacter
• Trichinosis - meningitis
• Labrynthitis - meningitis
• The clap - meningitis
• Rubella congenital syndrome - meningoencephalitis
• Listeriosis - meningitis
• Bartonella infections - meningoencephalitis
• Ausrian triad - meningitis
• Japanese encephalitis
• Gnathostoma hispidum infection - meningitis
• Eikenella corrodens infection - meningitis
• Blastomycosis - meningitis
• West African Trypanosomiasis - chronic meningoencephalitis
• Trypanosomiasis, east-African - meningoencephalitis
• Tick-borne encephalitis - meningoencephalitis
• Simian B virus infection - meningitis
• SCID - meningitis
• Common Variable Immunodeficiency - meningitis
• Bartonellosis - meningoencephalitis
• Eastern equine encephalitis
• Western equine encephalitis - aseptic meningitis
• Powassan encephalitis virus
• Group A Streptococcal Infections - meningitis
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio cincinnatiensis - meningitis
• Torulopsis - meningitis
• Hemophilus influenzae B - meningitis
• Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease - meningitis
• Congenital herpes simplex - meningitis
• Venezuelan equine encephalitis
• Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis - aseptic meningitis
• Bacteroides
• Pasteurella multocida - meningitis
• Familial Mediterranean fever - meningitis
• Brucellosis - meningitis
• Hemophagocytic reticulosis - meningoencephalitis
• Group B Streptococcal Infections - meningitis
• West Nile fever
• Neisseria meningiditis
• Rabies
• Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1
• Yersinia pestis
• Angiostrongyliasis
• St Louis encephalitis
• Toxoplasmosis - meningoencephalitis
• Invasive candidiasis - meningitis
• Cellulitis - meningitis
• Streptococcal Group B invasive disease - meningitis
• Severe combined immunodeficiency, T- B+ due to JAK3 deficiency - meningitis
• Capnocytophaga - meningitis
• Arbovirosis - meningitis
• Acanthamoeba
• Gnathostoma spinigerum infection - meningitis
• Campylobacter jejuni infection - meningitis
• Campylobacter food poisoning - meningitis
• Systemic candidiasis - meningitis
• Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis - Meningitis
• Enterovirus 70
• Herpes virus 6
• Salmonella typhi
• Kawasaki disease
• Secondary syphilis
• Actinomycosis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Behcet's disease - meningoencephalitis
• Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
• Coccidioidomycosis - meningitis
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome - meningoencephalitis
• Currarino triad - recurrent meningitis
• Complement receptor deficiency - meningitis
• Biotinidase deficiency - acute meningoencephalitis
• Typhoid fever - meningitis
• Rat-bite fever - meningitis
• HIV/AIDS - meningitis
• Smith disease - meningoencephalitis
• Lyme disease - aseptic meningitis
• Immunodeficiency due to interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 deficiency - meningitis
• Complement component deficiency - meningitis
• Chagas disease - meningoencephalitis
• Skull fracture
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Chandipura virus
• Kumlinge virus encephalitis
• Schistosoma japonicum
• Streptococcus suis
• Capnocytophaga canimorsus
• Streptococcal Infections - meningitis
• Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease - viral meningitis
• Encephalitis - meningitis
• Pulmonary Anthrax - meningitis
• Polio - meningitis
• Myiasis - Meningitis
• Melioidosis - meningitis
• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - cryptococcal meningitis
• Nipah virus
• Campylobacter fetus
• Enterobacter sakazakii
• Togaviridae disease - aseptic meningitis
• Epiglotitis - meningitis
• Edwardsiella tarda infection - meningitis
• Opportunistic infections - Meningitis
• Listeriosis meningoencephalitis - meningitis symptoms
• Enterovirus antenatal infection - aseptic meningitis
• Cryptococcosis - meningitis
• Balamuthia mandrillaris
• Syphilis, congenital
• Louping ill
• Weil's syndrome - meningitis
• Leptospirosis - meningitis
• Ehrlichiosis - meningoencephalitis
• Campylobacter fetus infection - meningitis
• Rhodococcus equi - meningitis
• Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis - meningitis
• Anthrax - meningitis
• Murray Valley encephalitis virus
• Klebsiella sp
• Cholesteatoma
• Familial histiocytic reticulosis
• Pontiac fever
• HIV-1 disease
• Colorado tick fever

Other underlying conditions related to Meningitis:

• 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

Meningitis as a complication:

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

• Bacteremia
• Behcet's Disease
• Blastomycosis
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacter fetus infection
• Campylobacter food poisoning
• Campylobacter jejuni infection
• Cellulitis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Cryptococcosis
• Edwardsiella tarda infection
• Eikenella corrodens infection
• Encephalitis
• Epiglotitis
• Familial Mediterranean fever
• Gnathostoma hispidum infection
• Gnathostoma spinigerum infection
• 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
• Pasteurella multocida
• Polio
• Pulmonary Anthrax
• Rat-bite fever
• Streptococcal Group B invasive disease
• Streptococcal Infections
• Trichinosis
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid fever
• Weil's syndrome

Meningitis as a symptom:

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

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

• Anthrax
• Arbovirosis
• Ausrian triad
• Behcet's Disease
• Capnocytophaga
• Common Variable Immunodeficiency
• Complement component deficiency
• Complement receptor deficiency
• Congenital herpes simplex
• Cryptococcosis
• Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
• Enterovirus antenatal infection
• Group B Streptococcal Infections
• Hemophilus influenzae B
• Immunodeficiency due to interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 deficiency
• Listeriosis
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
• Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis
• Melioidosis
• Meningococcal disease
• Myiasis
• Opportunistic infections
• Polio
• Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
• Pulmonary Anthrax
• Rhodococcus equi
• SCID
• Serratia
• Severe combined immunodeficiency, T- B+ due to JAK3 deficiency
• Simian B virus infection
• Streptococcal Group B invasive disease
• Systemic candidiasis
• The clap
• Tick-borne encephalitis
• Torulopsis
• Vibrio infection - Vibrio cincinnatiensis

About underlying conditions:

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