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Stroke is the first cause of disability in adults worldwide. Central nervous system infections as a cause of stroke are not uncommon. The common central nervous system infections associated with stroke can be categorised into viral, bacterial, parasitic and of fungal origin. In HIV infection, central nervous system involvement is a major reason for hospitalisation and morbidity. Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis is uncommon and neurological features are protean. Japanese encephalitis is the most common cause of endemic encephalitis in humans. Viral haemorrhagic diseases are common in the tropics with epidemic outbreak. Central nervous system tuberculosis is the most severe form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Neurocysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system. Central malaria is the most important parasitic disease of humans with high prevalence in many regions of world including India. Neurological involvement in leptospirosis can be meningitis, aseptic encephalitis, inflammatory myelopathy and radiculopathy. Fungal infections involve central nervous system through cryptococcus, aspergillosis, histoplasmosis and mucormycoses.
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PMID:Stroke and central nervous system infections. 1988 75

Neurocysticercosis, brain infection with Taenia solium larval cysts, causes substantial neurologic illness around the world. To assess the effect of neurocysticercosis in the United States, we reviewed hospitalization discharge data in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 2003-2012 and found an estimated 18,584 hospitalizations for neurocysticercosis and associated hospital charges totaling >US $908 million. The risk for hospitalization was highest among Hispanics (2.5/100,000 population), a rate 35 times higher than that for the non-Hispanic white population. Nearly three-quarters of all hospitalized patients with neurocysticercosis were Hispanic. Male sex and age 20-44 years also incurred increased risk. In addition, hospitalizations and associated charges related to cysticercosis far exceeded those for malaria and were greater than for those for all other neglected tropical diseases combined. Neurocysticercosis is an increasing public health concern in the United States, especially among Hispanics, and costs the US health care system a substantial amount of money.
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PMID:Hospitalization frequency and charges for neurocysticercosis, United States, 2003-2012. 2598 21