Meningomyelitis

Meningomyelitis (Latin meningomyelītis; other Greek μέγα - large + μῆλον - brain + -ītis - suffix meaning “inflammation”) - inflammation of the spinal cord and/or brain.

Meningitis is a form of meningitis - inflammation of the meninges.

According to etiology, meningitis can be infectious or non-infectious.

**Meningomyelitis (**Latin meningomyelitis**)** is an acute infectious disease caused by viruses or bacteria, causing inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Sometimes the disease is considered as myelopathy of infectious origin, developing as a result of meningococcal, staphylococcal or tuberculosis infection and in its clinical course and morphological picture no different from meningitis.

**The most common causative agents of meningomyelitis are:** staphylococci, pneumococci, anaerobic cocci, listeria. Less commonly, herpes simplex virus