Misdiagnosis of Underlying 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

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 food poisoning
• Cellulitis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Cryptococcosis
• Edwardsiella tarda infection
• Eikenella corrodens infection
• Encephalitis
• Epiglotitis
• Familial Mediterranean fever
• 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
• 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

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.