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Table 2 Etiologies of CNS infections

From: Clinical utility of cerebrospinal fluid vitamin D-binding protein as a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of viral and bacterial CNS infections

Disease and pathogen

CNS infection (n = 90)

Meningitis

80

 Enterovirus

29

 EBV

3

 VZV

4

 HSV2

1

 HHV6

1

 EBV + VZV

1

 Neisseria meningitidis

2

 Non-identified

39

Encephalitis

8

 EBV

1

 Non-identified

7

Meningoencephalitis

2

 EBV

1

 Non-identified

1

  1. Abbreviations: CNS central nervous system, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, VZV varicella zoster virus, HSV2 herpes simplex virus type 2, HHV6 human herpesvirus 6
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