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Imaging in Neurologic Infections II: Fungal and Viral Diseases

  • Central Nervous System Infections (J Lyons, Section Editor)
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Infections of the nervous system have a significant impact on global mortality and morbidity. These infections are medical emergencies that are frequently diagnostically challenging. Incorporation of neuroimaging can be essential for early diagnosis and initiation of proper treatment. In this second part of this two-part review, we focus on diagnostic imaging features of selected fungal and viral nervous system infections.

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Pooja Raibagkar and Martha Neagu have no conflicts of interest. Joshua Klein served as a board member for the American Society of Neuroimaging, received an Associate Editor stipend from the Journal of Neuroimaging, received honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology and honoraria from the Neurological Society of Pune, India, and received payment for manuscript preparation from the AAN Continuum journal and royalties from the Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology textbook, 10th edition (McGraw-Hill). Jennifer Lyons received honoraria from Springer for working as a section editor.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Martha R. Neagu, Pooja Raibagkar, Jennifer L. Lyons & Joshua P. Klein

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Martha R. Neagu, Pooja Raibagkar, Jennifer L. Lyons & Joshua P. Klein

  3. Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Martha R. Neagu & Pooja Raibagkar

  4. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Joshua P. Klein

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Neagu, M.R., Raibagkar, P., Lyons, J.L. et al. Imaging in Neurologic Infections II: Fungal and Viral Diseases. Curr Infect Dis Rep 17, 15 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-015-0474-9

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