Meningitis is usually produced by an infectious agent, but there are multiple noninfectious causes. Drug-induced aseptic meningitis (DIAM) is an important entity and has been reported as an uncommon adverse reaction with numerous agents. Thus, DIAM constitutes a diagnostic and patient management challenge. We present a patient with three episodes of aseptic meningitis due to amoxicillin, and th...

To determine the frequency of mumps infection in children hospitalized with aseptic meningoencephalitis ( ME), as well as its correlation with parotiditis, this case-series study was conducted in the pediatric ward ofRasool Akram Hospital in Tehran, Iran, from 1 999 to 2001. T he blood samples of these patients were tested for specific IgM antibody for mumps by Elisa method. The results of...

INTRODUCTION Making a differential diagnosis between bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis is a critical clinical problem. The utility of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate assay for this purpose has been debated and is not yet routinely clinically performed. To adequately evaluate this assay, a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of the CSF lactate concentration as a marker f...

The syndromes of aseptic meningitis and meningoencephalitis have a varied aetiology. They are most often caused by a virus -in Sweden, so far as we know at present, mostly by parotitis virus, several types of enterovirus (polio, Coxsackie, E.C.H.O.), and tick-borne encephalitis virus. In patients at the Stockholm Hospital for Infectious Diseases different enteroviruses have dominated at differe...

to determine the frequency of mumps infection in children hospitalized with aseptic meningoencephalitis ( me), as well as its correlation with parotiditis, this case-series study was conducted in the pediatric ward ofrasool akram hospital in tehran, iran, from 1 999 to 2001. t he blood samples of these patients were tested for specific igm antibody for mumps by elisa method. the results of this...

we describe a 40-year-old woman presenting with headache, nausea, episodic amnesia and blurred optic disc. brain mri disclosed diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement. csf analysis showed aseptic meningitis with elevated ace level. neurosarcoidosis was diagnosed based on granulomatosis changes on tissue biopsy.

Several drugs can induce the development of aseptic meningitis. Drug-induced aseptic meningitis (DIAM) can mimic an infectious process as well as meningitides that are secondary to systemic disorders for which these drugs are used. Thus, DIAM constitutes a diagnostic and patient management challenge. Cases of DIAM were reviewed through a MEDLINE literature search (up to June 1998) to identify p...

To the Editor: Although most human enterovirus (EV) (genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae) infections are asymptomatic, they can cause upper respiratory illness, febrile rash, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and neonatal sepsislike disease (1). Most EVs have been implicated in aseptic meningitis, most notably echovirus (E) 30, 9, 6, and 11 and coxsack...

Two patients with recurrent aseptic meningitis are reported. Intracranial epidermoid tumors were eventually found in both patients. CSF changes in our first case with an epidermoid tumor were similar to those reported in Mollaret's meningitis, with an initial polymorphonuclear pleocytosis early in each attack, followed by a lymphocytic predominance several days later. Large cells which proved t...