'pachymeningitides' (Meningitis)
Definition : Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions (e.g., carcinomatous meningitis), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6)
Source : National Library of Medicine (MeSH 2007)
Definition : Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions (e.g., carcinomatous meningitis), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6)
Source : National Library of Medicine (MeSH 2007)


Using this criteria, we found physicians in the following specialties who are likely to address 'pachymeningitides' (Meningitis)

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Robin Avery, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Infections Associated with Transplant/Immunocompromised States
Special Interests : Cytomegalovirus Infections, Meningitis
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Mary T. Flood, MD, PhD New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Specialty : Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : International Health, Travel and Tropical Medicine, HIV/AIDS Medicine
Special Interests : Encephalitis, Meningitis, Osteomyelitis, Rheumatic Fever, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Urinary Tract Infections, HIV/AIDS
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Lyssette Cardona, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : International Health, Travel and Tropical Medicine, HIV/AIDS Medicine
Special Interests : Candidiasis, Cellulitis, Cytomegalovirus Infections, Food Poisoning, Giardiasis, Genital Herpes, Herpes Simplex, Herpes Zoster, Herpesvirus Infections, Meningitis, Fungal Infections, Osteomyelitis, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Central Nervous System Fungal Infections, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
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Stephen Beaven Calderwood, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Specialty : Infectious Disease
Special Interests : Dysentery, Endocarditis, Meningitis
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Carolyn B. Britton, MD New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Specialty : Neurology
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroinfectious Disease
Special Interests : Encephalitis, Lyme Disease, Meningitis, Multiple Sclerosis, Sarcoidosis
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Richard T. Johnson, MD Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Specialty : Neurology
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis
Special Interests : Encephalitis, Meningitis, Multiple Sclerosis
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J. Javier Provencio, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Neurology
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Neurocritical Care
Special Interests : Brain Concussion, Coma, Encephalitis, Meningitis, Seizures, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Intracranial Hemorrhages, Stroke, Post-Concussion Syndrome
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Daniel Benjamin, MD, PhD, MPH Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Specialty : Pediatric Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Pediatric Infections Associated with Transplant/Immunocompromised States, Perinatal Infections
Special Interests : Candidiasis, Meningitis
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Coleen K. Cunningham, MD Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Specialty : Pediatric Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : HIV/AIDS Pediatrics, Pediatric Travel and Tropical Medicine
Special Interests : Fever of Unknown Origin, Meningitis, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia, HIV/AIDS
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Charles Bartlett Foster, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Pediatric Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Pediatric Infections Associated with Transplant/Immunocompromised States
Special Interests : Cytomegalovirus Infections, Meningitis, Fungal Infections, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia, Urinary Tract Infections, Sepsis, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
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Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Pediatric Infectious Disease
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Pediatric Infections Associated with Transplant/Immunocompromised States
Special Interests : Candidiasis, Cytomegalovirus Infections, Encephalitis, Giardiasis, Herpesvirus Infections, Histoplasmosis, Meningitis, Fungal Infections, Osteomyelitis, Otitis, Otitis Externa, Otitis Media, Pneumonia, Rabies, Sinusitis, Syphilis, Sepsis, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Chronic Ear Infection
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Kwang Sik Kim, MD Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Specialty : Pediatric Infectious Disease
Special Interests : Meningitis, Septic Shock, Sepsis
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Sumit Parikh, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Specialty : Child Neurology
Subspecialty/Area of Concentration : Neurodevelopmental Disabilities(Neurology), Neurodegenerative Disease Neurology, Neurometabolic Disorders
Special Interests : Adrenoleukodystrophy, Anencephaly, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Metabolic Brain Diseases, Craniosynostoses, Down Syndrome, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Fragile X Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome, Headache, Wilson's Disease, Kearns-Sayer Syndrome, Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome, Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Meningitis, Microcephaly, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Muscular Dystrophies, Refsum Disease, Reye Syndrome, Sandhoff Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Tay-Sachs Disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood, Zellweger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Mitochondrial Myopathies, Canavan Disease, Williams Syndrome, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease, Inborn Metabolic Brain Diseases, Choreatic Disorders, Mitochondrial Diseases, Alexander Disease, Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome, Autism, Developmental Disorders
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