Meningitis and encephalitis are both serious conditions involving inflammation of the central nervous system, but they differ in their causes, symptoms, and areas of inflammation. Meningitis ...

Background: Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy (A-GFAP-A) is an autoimmune central nervous system(CNS) disease characterized by ... misdiagnosed as tuberculous or viral ...

is considered a reliable marker of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). However, CSF-ADA levels can also be elevated in other diseases. We aimed to find the most common diagnosis of patients with elevated ...

Two hundred and thirty two children (110 tuberculous meningitis, 94 non-tuberculous meningitis, 28 indeterminate) with suspected meningitis and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis were enrolled.

The use of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) flow cytometry along with cytomorphology was effective in determining that the patient had asymptomatic adenoviral meningitis, which mimicked CNS involvement.

Autoimmune disease is controlled by host genes and the environment. Both can increase susceptibility to autoimmunity by affecting the overall reactivity and quality of the cells of the immune system.

If you have a weak immune system, you may want to stay away from crowded places, wear a face mask if you can't, wash your hands, and sanitize clothes or surfaces that could be contaminated. Meningitis ...

Background The gold standard for diagnosis of meningitis is the isolation of a pathogen from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by culture or PCR. However, treatment is routinely commenced based on CSF ...

The 2024 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting spotlighted transformative advancements in cell therapies for autoimmune diseases, with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapies ...

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and albumin levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can serve as useful biomarkers for differentiating aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum ...