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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Decision tree analysis as a preliminary evidence‐based tool for identifying the syndrome of undifferentiated recurrent fever in children compared with hereditary recurrent fevers and periodic fever, aphthosis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective To develop evidence‐based criteria to classify SURF patients. Methods 112 SURF patients followed in a single tertiary referral center were analyzed. Patients with genetically confirmed hereditary recurrent fever (HRF) or with periodic fever, aphthosis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome already analyzed for the Eurofever classification
Riccardo Papa, Francesca Bovis, Silvia Federici, Serena Palmeri, Marta Bustaffa, Giada Recchi, Roberta Bertelli, Roberta Caorsi, Stefano Volpi, Sabrina Fuehner, Veysel Cam, Anna Kozáková, Šárka Horáčková Fingerhutová, Antonella Insalaco, Dirk Foell, Seza Ozen, Isabella Ceccherini, Marco Gattorno, on behalf of the Eurofever study group for the Classification criteria of recurrent fevers and PerSAID project, Michael Hofer, Federica Vanoni, Jordi Anton, Juan Ignacio Arostegui, Karyl S. Barron, Eldad Ben‐Chetrit, Paul Brogan, Luca Cantarini, Isabella Ceccherini, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Fatma Dedeoglu, Erkan Demirkaya, Joost Frenke, Raphaela Goldbach‐Mansky, Ahmet Gul, Veronique Hentgen, Hal M. Hoffman, Tilmann Kallinich, Isabelle Koné‐Paut, Jasmin Kuemmerle‐Deschner, Helen J. Lachmann, Ronald M. Laxer, Avi Livneh, Laura Obici, Dorota Rowczenio, Ricardo Russo, Yael Shinar, Anna Simon, Natasa Toplak, Isabelle Touitou, Yosef Uziel, Marielle van Gijn, Daniel L. Kastner, Alberto Martini, Maria Pia Sormani, Nicolino Ruperto   +54 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chiari I Malformation: Review and Update of Current Treatment Options

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pathophysiology of Chiari malformation type I (CM‐I) is complex, involving structural abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction that result in herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. In this study, we aim to present and evaluate current treatment options for CM‐I, with a focus on evidence‐based clinical ...
Jordan J. Lo, Shuhei Shiino, Stephen Z. Shapiro, Brianna L. Hines, Noritaka Komune, Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Filippo Badaloni, Antonio Fioravanti, Joseph Lockwood, C. J. Bui, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

MENINGITIS ASÉPTICA DE RARA ETIOLOGÍA

Revistas Argentina de Medicina, 2019
Presentamos el caso de un paciente con meningoencefalitis aséptica con evolución tórpida y desenlace fatal a pesar del tratamiento instituido contra el agente etiológico identificado en el cultivo del líquido cefalorraquídeo (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
Eliana G Roggero, Nicolás S Rocchetti, Sheila Diodati, Noelia B Acosta Pedemonte, Gabriela Torresan, Damián Lerman Tenenbaum, Andrés Taborro, Claudio J Settecase, Daniel H Bagilet   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The changing epidemiology of pediatric aseptic meningitis in Daejeon, Korea from 1987 to 2003

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2005
Background Aseptic meningitis is a relatively frequent childhood disease and virologic data suggest that enteroviruses are the commonest etiologic agents.
Lee Mi-Hee, Hong Ja-Hyun, Lee Hyung-Shin, Burgner David, Lee Kyung-Yil, Kang Jin-Han, Lee Byung-Churl   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical progress note: Rubella

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of rubella infection and congenital rubella syndrome decreased significantly since the introduction of the rubella vaccine in 1969. Endemic rubella was declared eliminated in the United States in 2004, and since 2012, all rubella cases in the United States have been associated with infections acquired abroad.
Adam E. Gailani, Walter Dehority, Sophie E. Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source