Encephalomyelitis

Encephalomyelitis or encephalo-myelitis.

Causes
Encephalomyelitis can occur as part of many different illnesses, and different causes are recognized including viruses, bacteria, parasites and other infections, and occasionally immunisations.
 * Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), also known as acute disseminated encephalitis, immune-mediated encephalomyelitis or postinfectious encephalomyelitis and occurs mostly in children
 * Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) associated myelopathy and Tropical spastic paraplegia
 * Bacterial meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis not elsewhere classified
 * Postinfectious encephalitis and encephalomyelitis not otherwise specified
 * Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis, unspecified
 * Ventriculitis (cerebral) not otherwise specified
 * Encephalomyelitis in bacterial diseases: listerial, meningococcal, syphilis and tuberculous
 * Encephalomyelitis in viruses: adenoviral, cytomegaloviral, enteroviral, herpesviral [ herpes simplex ], influenza virus not identified, zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus (identified), measles, mumps, varicella encephalomyelitis / postchickenpox, rubella, zoster
 * Encephalomyelitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases:
 * African trypanosomiasis
 * Chagas disease (chronic)
 * Naegleriasis
 * Toxoplasmosis
 * Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Learn more

 * Definition online
 * Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes