Pathogens infecting the central nervous system

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010234

. 2022 Feb 24;18(2):e1010234.

doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010234. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Pathogens infecting the central nervous system

Yohann Le Govic^{1

2}, Baptiste Demey^{1

3}, Julien Cassereau^{4

5}, Yong-Sun Bahn⁶, Nicolas Papon⁷

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¹ Infectious Agents, Resistance and Chemotherapy (AGIR), University of Picardy Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
² Parasitology-Mycology Department, Center for Human Biology, University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
³ Virology Department, Center for Human Biology, University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
⁵ Univ Angers, Inserm, CNRS, MITOVASC, SFR ICAT, Angers, France.
⁶ Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Univ Angers, Univ Brest, IRF, SFR ICAT, Angers, France.

PMID: 35202445
PMCID: PMC8870494
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010234

Pathogens infecting the central nervous system

Yohann Le Govic et al. PLoS Pathog. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 24;18(2):e1010234.

doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010234. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Yohann Le Govic^{1

2}, Baptiste Demey^{1

3}, Julien Cassereau^{4

5}, Yong-Sun Bahn⁶, Nicolas Papon⁷

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Agents, Resistance and Chemotherapy (AGIR), University of Picardy Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
² Parasitology-Mycology Department, Center for Human Biology, University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
³ Virology Department, Center for Human Biology, University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
⁵ Univ Angers, Inserm, CNRS, MITOVASC, SFR ICAT, Angers, France.
⁶ Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Univ Angers, Univ Brest, IRF, SFR ICAT, Angers, France.

PMID: 35202445
PMCID: PMC8870494
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010234

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**Fig 1. Compilation of prominent bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites that infect the CNS.**
CNS, central nervous system.

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[1] van de Beek D, Cabellos C, Dzupova O, Esposito S, Klein M, Kloek AT, et al. ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016;22(Suppl 3):S37–62. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.007 - DOI - PubMed

[2] van de Beek D, Cabellos C, Dzupova O, Esposito S, Klein M, Kloek AT, et al. ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016;22(Suppl 3):S37–62. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.007 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Mylonakis E, Hohmann EL, Calderwood SB. Central nervous system infection with Listeria monocytogenes. 33 years’ experience at a general hospital and review of 776 episodes from the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1998;77:313–36. doi: 10.1097/00005792-199809000-00002 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Mylonakis E, Hohmann EL, Calderwood SB. Central nervous system infection with Listeria monocytogenes. 33 years’ experience at a general hospital and review of 776 episodes from the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1998;77:313–36. doi: 10.1097/00005792-199809000-00002 - DOI - PubMed

[5] McIntyre PB, O’Brien KL, Greenwood B, van de Beek D. Effect of vaccines on bacterial meningitis worldwide. Lancet. 2012;380:1703–11. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61187-8 - DOI - PubMed

[6] McIntyre PB, O’Brien KL, Greenwood B, van de Beek D. Effect of vaccines on bacterial meningitis worldwide. Lancet. 2012;380:1703–11. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61187-8 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Slane VH, Unakal CG. Tuberculous meningitis. StatPearls. 2021. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541015/ - PubMed

[8] Slane VH, Unakal CG. Tuberculous meningitis. StatPearls. 2021. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541015/ - PubMed

[9] Peeling RW, Mabey D, Kamb ML, Chen X-S, Radolf JD, Benzaken AS. Syphilis Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2017;3:17073. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.73 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Peeling RW, Mabey D, Kamb ML, Chen X-S, Radolf JD, Benzaken AS. Syphilis Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2017;3:17073. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.73 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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