ALLMedicine™ CNS Infections Center

May 3rd, 2021 - Patients with infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) commonly require treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a subset of patients with a life-threatening course, a more aggressive and invasive management is required. Treat...

Apr 23rd, 2021 - To evaluate the clinical utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for the diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) infections in people living with HIV (PLWH) in real-world situation. We send CSF to mNGS for PLWH who tested negati...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Neurological complications after heart transplantation are common and include cerebrovascular events (ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes, and transient ischemic attacks), seizures, encephalopathy, central nervous system (CNS) infections, malign...

Apr 7th, 2021 - A prospective study was conducted to compare metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and conventional testing in investigating the pathogens of central nervous system (CNS) infections in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (al...

Mar 20th, 2021 - Central nervous system (CNS) infections are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this review is to summarize current antimicrobial therapies, as well as, updates in the management of community-acquired meningitis a...

May 3rd, 2021 - Patients with infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) commonly require treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a subset of patients with a life-threatening course, a more aggressive and invasive management is required. Treat...

Apr 23rd, 2021 - To evaluate the clinical utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for the diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) infections in people living with HIV (PLWH) in real-world situation. We send CSF to mNGS for PLWH who tested negati...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Neurological complications after heart transplantation are common and include cerebrovascular events (ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes, and transient ischemic attacks), seizures, encephalopathy, central nervous system (CNS) infections, malign...

Apr 7th, 2021 - A prospective study was conducted to compare metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and conventional testing in investigating the pathogens of central nervous system (CNS) infections in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (al...

Mar 20th, 2021 - Central nervous system (CNS) infections are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this review is to summarize current antimicrobial therapies, as well as, updates in the management of community-acquired meningitis a...

Aug 21st, 2019 - A simplified scoring system helped differentiate potentially lethal central nervous system (CNS) infections in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from neuropsychiatric manifestations of lupus, Chinese researchers reported. A system that incorporat...

Jul 11th, 2018 - Evaluating Infants for Herpes Infection It can be difficult to identify young infants with herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection of the central nervous system (CNS), given that the symptoms often mimic those of bacterial infection.[1] Therefore, yo...

Oct 7th, 2015 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first nucleic acid-based test of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can simultaneously detect 14 pathogens responsible for central nervous system (CNS) infections. The FilmArray Meningitis/E...

Oct 7th, 2015 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first nucleic acid-based test of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can simultaneously detect 14 pathogens responsible for central nervous system (CNS) infections. The FilmArray Meningitis/E...

Nov 14th, 2014 - BALTIMORE – Patients with seemingly desperate illnesses of the central nervous system can make a dramatic recovery if they receive appropriate, early antimicrobials and have enough time to respond. When these illnesses strike, “Without timely, app.