Herpes simplex virus type 2 recurrent meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis): A consideration for the recurrent pathogenesis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Sato, Rumi ^a   Ayabe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Shoji, Hiroshi ^a   Ichiyama, Takashi ^b   Saito, Yumiko ^c   Hondo, Ryo ^d   Eizuru, Yoshito ^e  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SRL INC   (Japan)

^d NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; Low immune response; Mollaret's meningitis; Recurrent meningitis; Type 2

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; DICLOFENAC; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VIDARABINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENITAL HERPES; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALVE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28044467548     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.018     Document Type: Article

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