The Human Frontal Lobes and Frontal Network Systems: An Evolutionary, Clinical, and Treatment Perspective

Table 12

Viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic brain infections with frontal subcortical circuit involvement.

Viral
HIV encephalopathy
JC virus—progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Herpes simplex encephalitis
West Nile virus
Tegmentothalamic syndrome (various)
Bacterial
Tuberculous meningitis
Neisseria meningitides
Hemophilus influenza
Listeria monocytogenes
Whipple’s disease
Spirochetal
Borreliosis (Lyme disease)
Neurolues
Fungal
Cryptococcal meningitis
Histoplasmosis
Coccidioides immitis
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Candida species
Prionopathies
Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD)
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (V-CJD)
Kuru
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
Gerstmann-Straeussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS)
Parasitic
Malaria
Bilharziasis
Cysticercosis
Toxoplasmosis
Amoebic meningitis (Naegleri Fowleri)