Rhombencephalitis BACTERIAL - Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later) - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Pneumococcus - Brucella - Borrelia (Lyme Disease) - Salmonella - Legionella - Mycoplasma - Melioidosis - Nocardia VIRAL - Enteroviruses (Enterovirus 71, Bulbar polio, Coxsackievirus A16, Echovirus) - Flaviviruses (Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus) - Herpes Viruses (HSV, EBV, HH6, CMV, VZV) - Rabies - Eastern Equine Encephalitis - Adenovirus - Influenza A FUNGAL - Aspergillus - Mucormycosis - Paracoccidioidomycosis PARASITIC - Neurocysticercosis - Toxoplasmosis AUTOIMMUNE/VASCULITIS - Behcet Disease - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Relapsing polychondritis - Sjogren's syndrome - Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease - Bickerstaff syndrome (bulbar symptoms similar to myasthenia, Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive for anti-ganglioside antibody GQ1b) - Sarcoidosis NEOPLASTIC/PARANEOPLASTIC - Cerebellar degeneration - opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome - brain stem encephalitis - small cell lung cancer - lymphoma OTHERS - Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy Dr. Kushal Vaishnani @k_vaishnani #Rhombencephalitis #Differential #Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
