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Parainfectious and other Infectious Diseases

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MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection

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Several rare infections occasionally involve the central nervous system (CNS). In addition, various demyelinating diseases of the brain and spinal cord are of unknown etiology but infections and immunizations have been strongly implicated in their pathogenesis. These disorders are generally grouped under the syndrome “acute disseminated encephalomyelitis” and are supposed to have a close relationship with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). It has been suggested that some decapeptides found in certain viruses have homology to myelin proteins and there could be a cross-reacting hypersensitivity reaction induced by the viral infection or immunization. Apart from parainfectious and immunoallergic disorders, there are several inflammatory diseases of the CNS where infections, though yet unknown, have been strongly implicated. In this chapter, we will discuss clinical and imaging features of some of these conditions in detail.

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  2. Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA

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Pradhan, S., Gupta, R.K. (2001). Parainfectious and other Infectious Diseases. In: Gupta, R.K., Lufkin, R.B. (eds) MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46844-1_9

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