. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Biomark Med. 2014;8(9):1085–1103. doi: 10.2217/bmm.14.67

Table 1.

Comparison of common etiologies of meningitis based on immune status.

Severe immune suppression	Not immune suppressed
Cryptococcal meningitis^†	Aseptic meningitis
Tuberculosis meningitis^†	Bacterial meningitis
Bacterial meningitis	Tuberculosis meningitis
Aseptic meningitis

The table is listed in order of most common to least common causes of meningitis. The order of causes in the immunosuppressed column is based on persons living with AIDS but is relevant to other causes of T-cell immunosuppression.

^†

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome should be strongly considered in HIV-infected persons newly initiating antiretroviral therapy or in persons with iatrogenic immunosuppression discontinuing immunosuppression.