Meningitis:  The meninges consist of three parts: the pia, arachnoid, and dura maters. Bacterial meningitis reflects infection of the arachnoid mater and the CSF in both the subarachnoid space and the cerebral ventricles.     Etiology:  Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and, less often,

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                         Encephalitis:    Encephalitis is defined by the presence of an inflammatory process of the brain in association with clinical evidence of neurologic dysfunction.    It is important to distinguish between infectious encephalitis and post infectious or post immunization encephalitis or encephalomyelitis (e.g., acute disseminated

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Approach to Seizures    Definition  A seizure is a paroxysmal event due to abnormal, excessive, hypersynchronous discharges from an aggregate of central nervous system (CNS) neurons.  Epilepsy describes a condition in which a person has recurrent seizures due to a

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