Aseptic meningitis
Clinical characteristics of aseptic meningitis induced by intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with Kawasaki disease
... Results: During the 10-year period from 2000 through 2009, among a total of 384 patients with Kawasaki disease, 4 (3 females and 1 male; age range, 19-120 months) developed aseptic meningitis after IVIG. ...
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Echoviruses are a major cause of aseptic meningitis in infants and young children in Kuwait
... Aseptic meningitis (AM) is a severe, potentially fatal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) and is characterized by meningeal inflammation that is not associated with any identifiable bacterial ...
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Aseptic meningitis in Germany associated with echovirus type 13
... Viruses have been isolated from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and/or stool specimens by conventional cell cul- ture methods using WHO recommendations [2]. Viral isolation was performed on RD-cells (human rhabdomy- osarcoma). ...
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The changing epidemiology of pediatric aseptic meningitis in Daejeon, Korea from 1987 to 2003
... with aseptic meningitis patients admitted to The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon ...with aseptic meningitis were admitted to one of four general hospitals in ...of aseptic ...
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AN EPIDEMIC OF ASEPTIC MENINGITIS SYNDROME DUE TO ECHO VIRUS TYPE 6
... 1955 epidemic, a total of 305 cases of cen tral nervous system infection were studied, 210 cases of aseptic meningitis, 54 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis and 41 cases of cen tral nervo[r] ...
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Aseptic meningitis and encephalitis: the role of PCR in the diagnostic laboratory
... of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis are (i) to provide a rational basis for chemotherapy and prognosis, (ii) to limit unnecessary investigations, and (iii) to provide epidemiological ...
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Aseptic Meningitis Secondary to Metrizamide Lumbar Myelography in a 4½-Month-Old Infant
... The first pediatric case of aseptic meningitis following lumbar myelography with metrizamide is reported.. Pediatrics 1985;76:259-262;.[r] ...
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A Pilot study on molecular typing and seroepidemiology of Human enteroviruses (HEV) in aseptic meningitis and some other common clinically associated diseases
... paralysis in suckling mice), coxsackie B viruses (associated with human central nervous system and cardiac disease, and causing spastic paralysis in suckling mice), and the echoviruses (nonpathogenic in mice, and ...
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The Association of Non-polio Enteroviruses with Aseptic Meningitis in Children in Iran
... According to various studies from all over the world, HEVs are one of the major causes of aseptic meningitis, but it appears that parechoviruses are surpassing them because of the development of molecular ...
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Role of CSF C-Reactive Protein for the Differentiation of Bacterial Meningitis from Aseptic Meningitis in Children
... Culture and sensitivity, Gram stain, cytology and biochemistry of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample are traditionally being done to diagnose and to differentiate pyogenic from aseptic meningitis. Proper ...
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Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study of aseptic meningitis
... tic meningitis was generally ...with aseptic meningitis had coma, complex seizures, or raised intracranial pressure, but these features did not predict long-term neurological sequelae ...to ...
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Molecular characterization of echovirus 30 associated outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Guangdong in 2012
... for aseptic menin- gitis increased markedly at Luoding People's Hospital in ...of Aseptic Meningitis based on the surveillance data from May to June, 2012, is shown in Figure ...
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An outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by coxsackievirus A9 in Gansu, the People's Republic of China
... Human Enteroviruses (HEV) comprise more than 80 distinct serotypes within the Picornaviridae family, and are currently classified into five species: Poliovirus and HEV-A, HEV-B, HEV-C, and HEV-D [1]. Most infec- tions ...
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Recurrent aseptic meningitis in association with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: case report and literature review
... Recurrent aseptic meningitis with KFD is extremely rare ...for meningitis might assist with diagnosis of patients presenting with ...current meningitis with KFD, although this treatment’s ...
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SEQUELAE IN A CHILD FOLLOWING ASEPTIC MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH LEPTOSPIRAL INFECTION
... ASEPTIC MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH LEPTOSPIRAL INFECTION CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SEQUELAE IN A CHILD FOLLOWING. Services[r] ...
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AN EPIDEMIC OF ASEPTIC MENINGITIS SYNDROME DUE TO ECHO VIRUS TYPE 6
... A description of the total epidemic and the criteria for the acceptance of the present series of cases were given in Part I of this series.1 A de tailed account of the clinical features [r] ...
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AN EPIDEMIC OF ASEPTIC MENINGITIS SYNDROME DUE TO ECHO VIRUS TYPE 6
... Ninety-three patients with aseptic men ingitis syndrome due to ECHO virus type 6 were evaluated 3 years following their acute infection to determine the extent of neuromuscular residua. [r] ...
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ASEPTIC MENINGITIS
... D URING supposedly uncomplicated dis eases of childhood, signfficant electro encephalographic abnormalities develop in a high percentage of cases.1'2 In spite of the generally benign cou[r] ...
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Cerebral aneurysm presenting with aseptic meningitis: a case report
... One could hypothesize that inflammation, perhaps due to viral meningitis in the subarachnoid space induced by growth of the aneurysm, could cause this clinical sce- nario. We found one case report to suggest that ...
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Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule to Distinguish Lyme Meningitis From Aseptic Meningitis
... vide a large external validation of both the Avery equation and the Rule of 7 9 s. Both clinical prediction rules per- formed very well. Although prospective validation is preferred, our retrospec- tive study introduced ...
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