Infectious diseases are an important cause of spinal cord dysfunction (Box 1). Infectious
pathogens can affect the cord directly or can trigger autoimmune reactions, which may result …

In the setting of both globalization and increasing use of immunosuppressive therapy,
infectious myelopathies are an important cause of morbidity worldwide. Clinical spinal cord …

Abstract Purpose of Review: This article reviews the common infectious etiologies of spinal
cord dysfunction that span the globe epidemiologically and vary pathophysiologically …

Myelopathy refers to a spinal cord disorder that presents with motor and/or sensory deficits.
Infectious agents that cause myelopathy do so by either direct infection of neural structures …

Infectious pathogens can directly affect the spinal cord or trigger autoimmune reactions,
which may result in permanent damage to cord structures. The most common aetiology …

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Recent years have seen growing attention to inflammatory and infectious disorders of the
spinal cord, not only due to the discovery of autoantibody-mediated disorders of the spinal …

Myelitis refers to inflammation of the spinal cord which can result in a spectrum of neurologic
impairment. Infectious pathogens are an important etiologic category, and can result in …

Infections are an uncommon but very important etiology of myelitis as a correct diagnosis
would allow for timely treatment and recovery. The term “myelitis” is generally used to …

Patients with potential spinal cord infection confront the clinician with neurologic
emergencies for which timely diagnosis and intervention can mean the difference between …