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Cerebritis

MedGen UID:
149273
•Concept ID:
C0742115
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: cerebral hemisphere inflammation; cerebritis; inflammation of cerebral hemisphere
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002645

Definition

Inflammation of the cerebrum. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCerebritis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management.
Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR
Am J Med 2021 Oct;134(10):1210-1217.e2. Epub 2021 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.05.027. PMID: 34297973
Tocilizumab for the management of immune mediated adverse events secondary to PD-1 blockade.
Stroud CR, Hegde A, Cherry C, Naqash AR, Sharma N, Addepalli S, Cherukuri S, Parent T, Hardin J, Walker P
J Oncol Pharm Pract 2019 Apr;25(3):551-557. Epub 2017 Dec 5 doi: 10.1177/1078155217745144. PMID: 29207939
Management of bacterial meningitis in infants and children. Current status and future prospects.
McCracken GH Jr
Am J Med 1984 May 15;76(5A):215-23. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(84)90267-5. PMID: 6372473

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management.
Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR
Am J Med 2021 Oct;134(10):1210-1217.e2. Epub 2021 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.05.027. PMID: 34297973
A Brain Ring-Enhancing Lesion.
Lindsey M, Harrison N, Bridges J, Blossom J, Kishore S, Majithia V
Am J Med Sci 2018 Sep;356(3):304-308. Epub 2018 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2018.01.009. PMID: 30049410
Neuroinfections caused by fungi.
Góralska K, Blaszkowska J, Dzikowiec M
Infection 2018 Aug;46(4):443-459. Epub 2018 May 21 doi: 10.1007/s15010-018-1152-2. PMID: 29785613Free PMC Article
An update on bacterial brain abscess in immunocompetent patients.
Sonneville R, Ruimy R, Benzonana N, Riffaud L, Carsin A, Tadié JM, Piau C, Revest M, Tattevin P; ESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB)
Clin Microbiol Infect 2017 Sep;23(9):614-620. Epub 2017 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.004. PMID: 28501669
Neurological sequelae of bacterial meningitis.
Lucas MJ, Brouwer MC, van de Beek D
J Infect 2016 Jul;73(1):18-27. Epub 2016 Apr 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.009. PMID: 27105658

Diagnosis

Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management.
Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR
Am J Med 2021 Oct;134(10):1210-1217.e2. Epub 2021 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.05.027. PMID: 34297973
Microscopic polyangiitis.
Tobiáš D, Brázdilová K, Killinger Z, Payer J
Vnitr Lek 2020 Summer;66(4):249-252. PMID: 32972189
Neuroinfections caused by fungi.
Góralska K, Blaszkowska J, Dzikowiec M
Infection 2018 Aug;46(4):443-459. Epub 2018 May 21 doi: 10.1007/s15010-018-1152-2. PMID: 29785613Free PMC Article
Parasitic and fungal infections.
Deigendesch N, Costa Nunez J, Stenzel W
Handb Clin Neurol 2017;145:245-262. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802395-2.00018-3. PMID: 28987173
An update on bacterial brain abscess in immunocompetent patients.
Sonneville R, Ruimy R, Benzonana N, Riffaud L, Carsin A, Tadié JM, Piau C, Revest M, Tattevin P; ESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB)
Clin Microbiol Infect 2017 Sep;23(9):614-620. Epub 2017 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.004. PMID: 28501669

Therapy

Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management.
Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR
Am J Med 2021 Oct;134(10):1210-1217.e2. Epub 2021 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.05.027. PMID: 34297973
Tocilizumab for the management of immune mediated adverse events secondary to PD-1 blockade.
Stroud CR, Hegde A, Cherry C, Naqash AR, Sharma N, Addepalli S, Cherukuri S, Parent T, Hardin J, Walker P
J Oncol Pharm Pract 2019 Apr;25(3):551-557. Epub 2017 Dec 5 doi: 10.1177/1078155217745144. PMID: 29207939
A Brain Ring-Enhancing Lesion.
Lindsey M, Harrison N, Bridges J, Blossom J, Kishore S, Majithia V
Am J Med Sci 2018 Sep;356(3):304-308. Epub 2018 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2018.01.009. PMID: 30049410
Emergent Neuroimaging in the Oncologic and Immunosuppressed Patient.
Potter CA, Hsu L
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2018 Aug;28(3):397-417. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2018.03.004. PMID: 30007752
An update on bacterial brain abscess in immunocompetent patients.
Sonneville R, Ruimy R, Benzonana N, Riffaud L, Carsin A, Tadié JM, Piau C, Revest M, Tattevin P; ESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB)
Clin Microbiol Infect 2017 Sep;23(9):614-620. Epub 2017 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.004. PMID: 28501669

Prognosis

Tocilizumab for the management of immune mediated adverse events secondary to PD-1 blockade.
Stroud CR, Hegde A, Cherry C, Naqash AR, Sharma N, Addepalli S, Cherukuri S, Parent T, Hardin J, Walker P
J Oncol Pharm Pract 2019 Apr;25(3):551-557. Epub 2017 Dec 5 doi: 10.1177/1078155217745144. PMID: 29207939
Parasitic and fungal infections.
Deigendesch N, Costa Nunez J, Stenzel W
Handb Clin Neurol 2017;145:245-262. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802395-2.00018-3. PMID: 28987173
An update on bacterial brain abscess in immunocompetent patients.
Sonneville R, Ruimy R, Benzonana N, Riffaud L, Carsin A, Tadié JM, Piau C, Revest M, Tattevin P; ESCMID Study Group for Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB)
Clin Microbiol Infect 2017 Sep;23(9):614-620. Epub 2017 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.05.004. PMID: 28501669
Neurological sequelae of bacterial meningitis.
Lucas MJ, Brouwer MC, van de Beek D
J Infect 2016 Jul;73(1):18-27. Epub 2016 Apr 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.009. PMID: 27105658
Infective endocarditis.
Ferro JM, Fonseca AC
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;119:75-91. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-4086-3.00007-2. PMID: 24365290

Clinical prediction guides

Incidence and pattern of brain lesions in paediatric septic shock patients.
Sanz D, D'Arco F, Robles CA, Brierley J
Br J Radiol 2018 Apr;91(1084):20170861. Epub 2018 Jan 12 doi: 10.1259/bjr.20170861. PMID: 29293365Free PMC Article
Pneumococcal meningitis: clinical-pathological correlations (MeninGene-Path).
Engelen-Lee JY, Brouwer MC, Aronica E, van de Beek D
Acta Neuropathol Commun 2016 Mar 22;4:26. doi: 10.1186/s40478-016-0297-4. PMID: 27001057Free PMC Article
Cocaine-induced encephalocele: case report and literature review.
Albert L Jr, DeMattia JA
Neurosurgery 2011 Jan;68(1):E263-6. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181fead2e. PMID: 21150742
Anti-DNA autoantibodies and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Blatt NB, Glick GD
Pharmacol Ther 1999 Aug;83(2):125-39. doi: 10.1016/s0163-7258(99)00022-4. PMID: 10511458
Focal tuberculous cerebritis.
Jinkins JR
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1988 Jan-Feb;9(1):121-4. PMID: 3124563Free PMC Article

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