discussion pcr or enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) on serum or cerebrospinal fluid would be the inevitable basis for accurate diagnosis in such cases. case presentation we reviewed three patients diagnosed with aseptic meningitis due to acute non-mumps associated parotitis based on clinical and laboratory findings. while there are many similarities between the clinical characteristics ...

conclusions the c genotype should be considered as the prevalent ev71 circulating genotype in iran, particularly in cases of aseptic meningitis. patients and methods viral rna was extracted from 170 cerebrospinal fluid samples obtained from children aged under 8 years with a primary diagnosis of aseptic meningitis. specific ev71 pcr was conducted to identify the genotype of the detected ev71 vi...

BACKGROUND A variety of microorganisms have been shown to cause peripheral facial nerve palsy (PFNP) and/or aseptic meningitis in children. Clinical findings and history may help to predict the specific etiology of these entities. METHOD Children > or =12 months old hospitalized at the University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland, from 2000 to 2005 with clinical signs of PFNP and/or asep...

We assessed the association between climate factors and a number of aseptic meningitis cases in six metropolitan provinces of the Republic of Korea using a weekly number of cases from January 2002 to December 2012. Generalized linear quasi-Poisson models were applied to estimate the effects of climate factors on the weekly number of aseptic meningitis cases. We used generalized additive and gen...

BACKGROUND Herpes zoster (HZ) is caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection. HZ-associated aseptic meningitis, a rare complication of HZ, can require hospitalization and a long treatment period. OBJECTIVE A retrospective study was performed to identify potential factors associated with HZ-associated aseptic meningitis development. METHODS We included all outpati...

Background: CNS infection can be focal or generalized. Meningitis, besides other etiologies, can occur after a viral infection or viral vaccine. Although meningitis can occur in at any age but it is more common in children less than five years old. Aseptic meningitis and meningoencephalitis are two of the most common complications of mumps (wild type or vaccine). As a result of their serious co...

A septic meningitis refers to a nonbacterial inflammation of the leptomeninges.1 Viruses are the most common cause of aseptic meningitis, and the most common viruses that cause aseptic meningitis are enteroviruses. Drug-induced aseptic meningitis is rare but probably more common than the literature would suggest; therefore, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of aseptic meningit...

While enteroviruses have been the most commonly identified cause of aseptic meningitis in the United States, the role of the emerging, neurotropic West Nile virus (WNV) is not clear. In summer 2001, an aseptic meningitis epidemic occurring in an area of a WNV epizootic in Baltimore, Maryland, was investigated to determine the relative contributions of WNV and enteroviruses. A total of 113 asept...

A 15 year old boy presented with two episodes of aseptic meningitis-like reactions after ingestion of co-trimoxazole. The diagnosis of co-trimoxazole induced aseptic meningitis was made. This syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aseptic meningitis.

Mollaret meningitis is a rare form of meningitis that is recurrent, aseptic, mild, and self-limiting. When initially described by Mollaret, this form of aseptic meningitis had no identifiable infecting agent. New sophisticated diagnostic tools have now identified Herpes simplex type 2 virus as the most commonly isolated agent. The case presented in this article is of a patient with a history of...