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Symptoms » Encephalitis » Causes
 

Causes of Encephalitis

This section discusses 132 medical conditions causing Encephalitis. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Encephalitis:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Encephalitis. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Encephalitis listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Encephalitis as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Encephalitis:

The following list of conditions have 'Encephalitis' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Addington disease ... encephalomyelitis
  • Arbovirosis ... encephalitis

    B

  • Bartonella infections ... meningoencephalitis
  • Bartonellosis ... meningoencephalitis
  • Biotinidase deficiency ... acute meningoencephalitis

    C

  • California encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Cardiovirus ... encephalitis
  • Chagas disease ... meningoencephalitis
  • Congenital herpes simplex ... encephalitis
  • Cryptococcosis ... meningoencephalitis, encephalitis

    E

  • Enterovirus antenatal infection ... meningoencephalitis

    F

  • Fetal parainfluenza virus type 3 ... viral encephalitis
  • Flavivirus Infections ... encephalitis

    H

  • Hantavirosis ... encephalitis
  • Hemophagocytic reticulosis ... meningoencephalitis
  • Herpes, Neonatal ... encephalitis
  • Herpes, Neonatal - Central Nervous System Infection ... encephalitis
  • Herpes, Neonatal - Disseminated ... encephalitis

    I

  • Immunosuppressive Measles Encephalitis ... encephalitis

    L

  • Lyme disease ... Encephalomyelitis
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... encephalitis

    M

  • Measles Encephalitis in Children with Immunosuppression ... encephalitis

    P

  • Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders ... encephalomyelitis
  • Post-vaccinial encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis ... encephalitis

    R

  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Rift Valley Fever ... encephalitis
  • Rocio encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Rubella congenital syndrome ... meningoencephalitis

    S

  • Simian B virus infection ... brain infection
  • Smith disease ... meningoencephalitis
  • St. Louis encephalitis ... encephalitis

    T

  • Tick-borne encephalitis ... meningoencephalitis, encephalitis
  • TORCH Syndrome ... brain infection
  • Toxoplasmosis ... encephalitis
  • Trypanosomiasis, east-African ... meningoencephalitis

    V

  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome ... meningoencephalitis

    W

  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... chronic meningoencephalitis

    Conditions listing medical complications: Encephalitis:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Encephalitis' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Acanthamoeba ... granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE)
  • American mountain fever ... encephalitis
  • Aspergillosis ... brain infection

    B

  • Behcet's Disease ... meningoencephalitis

    C

  • Colorado tick encephalitis ... encephalitis
  • Cryptococcosis ... encephalitis
  • Cytomegalovirus ... encephalitis

    E

  • Ehrlichiosis ... meningoencephalitis
  • Enteroviruses ... encephalitis

    G

  • Gnathostoma hispidum infection ... encephalitis
  • Gnathostoma Infection ... encephalitis
  • Gnathostoma spinigerum infection ... encephalitis

    H

  • Herpes, Neonatal ... encephalitis
  • Herpes, Neonatal - Disseminated ... encephalitis
  • HIV/AIDS ... encephalitis

    J

  • Japanese encephalitis ... Acute encephalitis

    L

  • Labrynthitis ... brain infection
  • Listeriosis ... encephalitis
  • Lyme disease ... Encephalomyelitis, encephalitis
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... meningoencephalitis, encephalitis
  • Lyssavirus ... encephalitis, viral encephalitis

    M

  • Measles ... encephalitis
  • Mononucleosis ... encephalomeningitis, encephalitis
  • Mosquito bite ... Viral encephalitis
  • Mountain fever ... encephalitis
  • Mountain tick fever ... encephalitis
  • Mumps ... meningoencephalitis, encephalitis

    P

  • Poxviridae disease ... encephalitis

    R

  • Rabies ... brain infection

    S

  • Shingles ... encephalitis
  • Sinusitis ... brain infection

    T

  • Togaviridae disease ... acute encephalitis
  • Toxoplasmosis ... meningoencephalitis
  • Trichinosis ... encephalitis

    V

  • Vaccinia ... encephalitis

    W

  • West Nile fever ... encephalitis
  • Western equine encephalitis ... acute encephalitis
  • Whooping Cough ... encephalitis

    More Information About Encephalitis

    List of 132 causes of Encephalitis

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Encephalitis in our database from various sources.

    Medical Textbooks about Encephalitis

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Encephalitis. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Encephalitis (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • Encephalitis
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
    • Meningitis
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
    • Kernig's sign
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
     

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