title: Emerging and reemerging neurologic infections.
abstract: The list of emerging and reemerging pathogens that cause neurologic disease is expanding. Various factors, including population growth and a rise in international travel, have contributed to the spread of pathogens to previously nonendemic regions. Recent advances in diagnostic methods have led to the identification of novel pathogens responsible for infections of the central nervous system. Furthermore, new issues have arisen surrounding established infections, particularly in an increasingly immunocompromised population due to advances in the treatment of rheumatologic disease and in transplant medicine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Felicia C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Glaser
keywords: central nervous system infections; emerging pathogens; encephalitis; infectious diseases; meningitis; neurologic infections