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Infections > Central Nervous System Infections
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections

Preferred term

Central Nervous System Infections  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Central Nervous System Infection
  • CNS Infection
  • CNS Infections
  • Infection, CNS
  • Infections, Central Nervous System
  • Infections, CNS

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific site/disease term if pertinent

Scope note

  • Pathogenic infections of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; fungal infections; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS; and PRION DISEASES may involve the central nervous system as a primary or secondary process.

History note

  • 1998; use explode 1971-1997

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002494

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