Vasculitis of infectious causes of central nervous system

Abstract

Infectious diseases affecting the nervous system can frequently be complicated by intracranial vascular damage. Their ischemic or hemorrhagic consequences on the cerebral parenchymal are the cause of long-lasting sequelae, which are one aspect of the severity of the causative infectious disease. An up-to-date review of the literature describes the diagnostic and, where appropriate, therapeutic specificities of bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic diseases that cause these vascular complications.