title: [CNS infections in immunocompetent patients].
abstract: This article gives a review of the most frequent infective agents reasonable for CNS infections in immunocompetent patients as well as their localisation and imaging specifications. MRI scanning is the gold standard to detect inflammatory conditions in the CNS. Imaging can be normal or nonspecifically altered although the infection is culturally or bioptically proven. There are no pathognomonic, pathogen-specific imaging criteria. The localization and dimension of the inflammation depends on the infection pathway.
authors.affiliation: Abt. für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, 66421, Homburg/Saar. kirsten@hartmann-online.net
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reith
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020806:Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000276:immunology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*