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Many types of infectious organisms can affect the nervous system, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. It is beyond the scope of this reference manual to include every possible infection, but we include a description of imaging findings that are typical for tropical neurological diseases such as cerebral malaria, microsporidiosis, trypanosomiasis, leshmaniasis, dengue fever and snake bite. In addition, we present cases of CMV pachygyria, tuberculosis of the spine (Pott’s disease) and spinal cord (syrinx), and complications of HIV infection such as toxoplasmosis and variable presentations of progressive multifocal leukodystrophy from JC virus.
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Rana, A.Q., Zumo, L.A., Sim, V. (2013). Infectious Diseases. In: Neuroradiology in Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01002-1_9
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