Table 3.
Clinical presentation | Infectious differentials | Noninfectious differentials |
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CNS impairment | Pasteurella multocida, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Listeria moncytogenesUncommon: Human Herpesvirus-1, Toxoplasma gondii, rabies, and Baylisascaris procyonis | Lymphosarcoma, lead toxicity, hydrocephalus, cerebral infarcts, spinal infarcts, vertebral scoliosis, and vertebral fractures |
Central vestibular disease | Bacterial, viral, protozoal, and verminous meningioencephalitis, Enterotoxemia, sepsis | Lead toxicity, metastatic neoplasia, osteomyelitis of the petrous temporal bone, cerebral infarcts, and hepatic encephalopathy |
Ocular disease | Bacterial uveitis(unilateral disease is uncommon) | Lens-induced uveitis caused by geriatric cataract formation |
Abbreviation: CNS, central nervous system.