7^th World Heart and Brain Conference

Infectious Disease

Viruses such as, bacteria, fungi, or, occasionally, protozoa or parasites generally cause Infections of the brain.
Infections of the brain often also involve other parts of the central systema nervosum, including the medulla spinalis. The brain and medulla spinalis are usually shielded from infection, but once they become infected, the results are often very serious.
Infections can cause inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). Viruses are the foremost common causes of encephalitis. the layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord(meninges), infections also can cause inflammation on them—called meningitis. Causing encephalitis, often, bacterial meningitis spreads to the brain itself.