title: Acute neurologic infections.
abstract: This article discusses acute bacterial, viral, toxin-mediated, and parasitic neurologic infections, emphasizing those infections that are potentially treatable, are rapidly fatal if untreated, or pose a significant risk of person-to-person transmission.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D001906:Botulism / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D013354:Empyema, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000175:diagnosis; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013742:Tetanus / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis