 Meningitis, Aseptic
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A syndrome characterized by headache, neck stiffness, low grade fever, and CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis in the absence of an acute bacterial pathogen. Viral meningitis is the most frequent cause although MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES; septic perimeningeal foci; and other conditions may result in this syndrome. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p745)
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D008582
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C02.182.550.600 C02.587.600 C10.228.228.210.500.600 C10.228.228.507.220 C10.228.228.507.700.600
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningitis, Aseptic" by people in Profiles.
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Hill E, Bleck TP, Singh K, Ouyang B, Busl KM. CSF lactate alone is not a reliable indicator of bacterial ventriculitis in patients with ventriculostomies. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017 Jun; 157:95-98.
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Agnihotri SP, Wuthrich C, Dang X, Nauen D, Karimi R, Viscidi R, Bord E, Batson S, Troncoso J, Koralnik IJ. A fatal case of JC virus meningitis presenting with hydrocephalus in a human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative patient. Ann Neurol. 2014 Jul; 76(1):140-7.
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Koralnik IJ, Hirschel B. [Neurological complication of human immunodeficiency virus infection]. Presse Med. 1991 Jun 22; 20(24):1129-35.
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