title: Imaging of rickettsial, spirochetal, and parasitic infections.
abstract: This article is an update and literature review of the clinical and neuroimaging findings of the commonly known rickettsial, spirochetal, and eukaryotic parasitic infections. Being familiar with clinical presentation and imaging findings of these infections is crucial for early diagnosis and treatment especially in patients who live in or have a travel history to endemic regions or are immunocompromised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Ayca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akgoz
authors.forename: Srini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukundan
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D020806:Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D020807:Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013145:Spirochaetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology