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Investigating the etiologic agents of aseptic meningitis outbreak in Iranian children

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Introduction: This study aimed to determine the viral agent (s) and their genome burden associated with an aseptic meningitis outbreak that occurred in Yasuj, Iran.
Abdolkarim Ghadimi Moghadam, Eslam Yousefi, Mohamad Amin Ghatie, Ali Ghadimi Moghadam, Gholam Reza Pouladfar, Marzieh Jamalidoust   +5 more
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Evaluation of IL-8 level in cerebrospinal fluid in acute bacterial meningitis in adults [PDF]

مجله پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز, 2021
Background: Interleukin 8 increases in various types of meningitis, specifically acute bacterial meningitis inflammation, and it is important in the distinction between types of meningitis. The present paper aims at evaluation of the level of interleukin
Zhinous Bayat-Makoo, Puran Karimi, Negar Mohtadi   +2 more
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Utility of cerebrospinal fluid cortisol level in acute bacterial meningitis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2015
Background: Meningitis remains a serious clinical problem in developing as well as developed countries. Delay in diagnosis and treatment results in significant morbidity and mortality.
Anish Mehta, Rohan R Mahale, Uchil Sudhir, Mahendra Javali, Rangasetty Srinivasa   +4 more
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Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole-Induced Aseptic Meningitis: A Rare Presentation of Commonly Used Antibiotic

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019
Drug-induced aseptic meningitis is a rare medical condition with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole being one of the most common antimicrobial agents associated with it.
Salem Agabawi
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Cerebrospinal fluid levels of extracellular heat shock protein 72: A potential biomarker for bacterial meningitis in children [PDF]

, 2014
Extracellular heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72) is an endogenous danger signal and potential biomarker for critical illness in children. We hypothesized that elevated levels of extracellular Hsp72 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children with suspected ...
Kernie, Steven G., Lahni, Patrick M., Ma, William, Standage, Stephen W., Wheeler, Derek S., Wong, Hector R.   +5 more
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Comparative analysis of viral shedding in pediatric and adult subjects with central nervous system-associated enterovirus infections from 2013 to 2015 in Switzerland. [PDF]

, 2017
Several enterovirus (EV) genotypes can result in aseptic meningitis, but their routes of access to the central nervous system remain to be elucidated and may differ between the pediatric and adult populations.
Ambrosioni, J., Asner, S., Cordey, S., Gonçalves, A.R., Kaiser, L., L'Huillier, A.G., Posfay-Barbe, K.M., Schibler, M., Turin, L., Wagner, N.   +9 more
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Cerebrospinal lactate dehydrogenase and serum procalcitonin in the diagnosis of meningitis

Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2019
Background Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain, spinal cord, and the intervening cerebrospinal fluid.. Aim The aim of this paper was to assess the diagnostic role of cerebrospinal lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and serum ...
Sayed M Farouk, Taha S Hussein, Mahmoud I Basstawy, Nagla R Abdel Moniem   +3 more
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Varicella-zoster virus meningitis with hypoglycorrhachia in a young immunocompetent adult without rash: A case report and literature review

IDCases, 2018
Overt aseptic meningitis rarely complicates varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in young and immunocompetent adults. Many of the cases of VZV meningitis are associated with an exanthem.
Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Athanasia Milioni, Ioannis Gialamas, Evangelos Kokorakis, Garufallia Fanti   +4 more
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Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study of aseptic meningitis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006
Background The seasonality, clinical and radiographic features and outcome of aseptic meningitis have been described for regional outbreaks but data from a wider geographic area is necessary to delineate the epidemiology of this condition.
Robinson Joan L, Strong James, Husain Entesar, Baerg Krista, Al-Hosni Mohammed, Forgie Sarah E, Langley Joanne M, Chawla Rupesh, Lee Bonita E, Allen Upton, Law Barbara J, Dobson Simon, Davies H Dele   +12 more
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The Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Test in the Diagnosis of Enteroviral Meningitis in Children

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2020
: Background: Non-polio enteroviruses (EVs) are emerged as the most common pathogens of aseptic meningitis in children. In this study we aimed to evaluate clinical, laboratory, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings and the usefulness of CSF EV polymerase ...
Ozge Metin, Ayşe Kaman, Şükrü Güner, Celil Uysal   +3 more
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