Meningitis

Meningitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory disease of the soft meninges, leptomeninx (arachnoidea and pia mater).

Distribution

 * According to the course
 * acute meningitis;
 * chronic meningitis.
 * According to etiology
 * infectious meningitis;
 * viral meningitis;
 * bacterial meningitis;


 * non-infectious.

Clinical units

 * purulent meningitis
 * (acute) serous meningitis;
 * tuberculosis meningitis.

Related articles

 * Meningeal signs • Meningeal syndrome
 * Viral meningitis • Serous meningitis and meningoencephalitis • Herpetic meningoencephalitis • Encephalopathy