Infectious, parasitic causes |
Roundworm (nematode) infections - commonly present as eosinophilic meningitis |
Angiostrongylus cantonensis - migrating larvae inherently neurotropic |
Gnathostoma spinigerum - migrating larvae in visceral and/or neural tissues |
Baylisascaris procyonis - migrating larvae inherently neurotropic |
Tapeworm (cestode) infections - may present as eosinophilic meningitis |
Cysticercosis - cysts develop in CNS and/or visceral tissues |
Fluke (trematode) infections - occasionally cause eosinophilic meningitis |
Paragonimus westermani - ectopic spinal or cerebral localization |
Schistosomiasis - ectopic spinal or cerebral localization |
Fascioliasis - ectopic CNS localization |
Other roundworm infections which occasionally cause eosinophilic meningitis |
Toxocariasis - migrating larvae |
Nonparasitic, infectious causes |
Coccidioidomycosis |
Cryptococcosis - CSF eosinophilia rare |
Myiasis - with CNS penetration |
Virus and bacteria - are of uncertain causality |
Noninfectious causes |
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndromes |
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts |
Leukemia or lymphoma with CNS involvement (Hodgkin's) |
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs |
Antibiotics - ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, intraventricular gentamicin or vancomycin |
Myelography contrast agents |
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