Agent | Specific therapy |
ADEM | Corticosteroids |
Bacteria | |
Mycoplasma pneumonia | Macrolide (eg, azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin), doxycycline, or fluoroquinolone* (eg, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin) |
Listeria monocytogenes | Ampicillin plus gentamicin; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole |
Tropheryma whipplei | Ceftiaxone, followed by either trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or cefixime |
Fungi | |
Coccidioides | Fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, amphotericin B |
Cryptococcus neoformans | Amphotericin B plus flucytosine |
Histoplasma capsulatum | Liposomal amphotericin B |
Helminths | |
Baylisascaris procyonis | Albendazole plus diethylcarbamazine |
Gnathostoma | Albendazole or ivermectin |
Taenia solium (cycticercosis) | Albendazole and corticosteroids |
Mycobacteria | |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 4-drug regimen; consider addition of corticosteroid |
Protozoa | |
Acanthamoeba | Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole plus rifampin plus ketoconazole |
Balamuthia mandrillaris | Pentamidine plus macrolide and fluconazole and sulfadiazine and flucytosine and phenothiazine |
Naegleria fowleri | Amphotericin B and rifampin |
Plasmodium falciparum | Quinine, quinidine or artemether |
Toxoplasma gondii | Pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine or clindamycin |
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense | Eflornithine |
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense | Melarsoprol |
Rickettsioses and ehrlichioses | |
Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Doxycycline |
Ehrlichia chafeensis | Doxycycline |
Rickettsia rickettsii | Doxycycline |
Spirochetes | |
Borrelia burgdorferi | Ceftriaxone, cefotaxime |
Treponema pallidum | Penicillin G |
Viruses | |
Cytomegalovirus | Ganciclovir plus foscarnet |
Epstein-Barr | No specific treatment |
Herpes B virus | Valgancyclovir |
Herpes simplex | Acyclovir |
Human herpesvirus 6 | Gancyclovir or foscarnet |
Human immunodeficiency virus | Antiretroviral therapy |
Influenza | Oseltamivir |
JC virus | Reversal of immunosuppression if possible |
Measles | Ribavirin |
Nipah | Ribavirin |
St. Louis encephalitis | Interferon-2 alpha |
Varicella-zoster | Acyclovir |
West Nile | No specific treatment |
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