Meningitis�Causes
What are the Causes of Meningitis?
Meningitis is usually caused by bacteria or viral infections.Viruses that can cause meningitis include:
- Enteroviruses (most common cause of viral infections)
- Herpes simplex virus type 2
- Varicella zoster virus
- Mumps virus
- HIV
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Haemophilus influenza B
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
Non-infectious causes of meningitis include systemic diseases like SLE, sarcoidosis, polyarteritis nodosa, rheumatoid arthritis, toxins, certain medications and malignancies. Meningitis caused by non-infectious agents is called sterile meningitis because no microorganism is isolated from the spinal fluid.
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