Infections of the Central Nervous System

At the end of this lecture student should be able to:

• Name the important bacteria that cause meningitis in different age groups of patients.
• Describe the pathogenesis and pathology of the brain in bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis and tuberculous meningitis.
• Differentiate CSF parameters of bacterial, viral and tuberculous meningitis
• Enumerate the complications of meningitis
• Name the aetiological agents and pathology of encephalitis
• Describe the pathogenesis and pathology of brain abscesses