A retrospective clinical, laboratory and outcome analysis in 43 cases of acute aseptic meningitis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-280

  Nowak, Dennis A ^a,b   Boehmer, R ^a   Fuchs, H H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute aseptic meningitis; Enterovirus; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038632273     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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