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Brain / CNS

Head & nervous system · 20 documented agents.

Agents documented for “Central nervous system”. The cited literature does not go down to the structure “Brain / CNS”: the site is shown for each agent, as its own entry names it.

Agents described in this organ

• Streptococcus anginosus group — tropism High tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Listeria monocytogenes — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system (méningo-encéphalite, rhombencéphalite)
• Toxoplasma gondii — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system — Abcès cérébral
• Nocardia spp. — tropism High tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Plasmodium falciparum — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: site not specified in the cited sources
• Mucorales (Mucor, Rhizopus, Lichtheimia) — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system — Mucormycose rhinocérébrale
• Staphylococcus epidermidis (CoNS) — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system — Ventriculite sur DVP
• Treponema pallidum — tropism High tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system — Neuro-syphilis
• Staphylococcus aureus — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: site not specified in the cited sources
• Viridans streptococci — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Cryptococcus neoformans — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Aspergillus spp. — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence D — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system — Tuberculomes cérébraux
• HACEK group — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system (EI volumineuses)
• Histoplasma capsulatum — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: site not specified in the cited sources
• Rickettsia spp. — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system — Méningo-encéphalite
• Legionella pneumophila — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system
• Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae (formerly Mycoplasma pneumoniae) — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: site not specified in the cited sources
• Brucella spp. — tropism Rare tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Central nervous system

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