Benign Recurrent Lymphocytic Meningitis from Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 during a Summer Outbreak of Aseptic Meningitis

Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis: (Acute Aseptic Meningitis)

Recurrent herpes simplex type 2 virus (Mollaret) meningitis.

Mollaret meningitis is a rare form of meningitis that is recurrent, aseptic, mild, and self-limiting. When initially described by Mollaret, this form of aseptic meningitis had no identifiable infecting agent. New sophisticated diagnostic tools have now identified Herpes simplex type 2 virus as the most commonly isolated agent. The case presented in this article is of a patient with a history of...

Recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 meningitis in elderly persons.

OBJECTIVE To review the ages of patients with recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) meningitis. DESIGN Case report and literature review back to 1970. SETTING Referral Veterans Affairs hospital. RESULTS Our patient developed his first episode of recurrent HSV-2 meningitis at 78 years of age, 57 years after his only episode of genital herpes simplex infection. Of 223 patients in th...

Recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 meningitis: a case report of Mollaret's meningitis.

It is well known that herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 produces acute meningitis, while HSV type 2 rarely causes recurrent meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis). We report the history of a 40-year-old patient with recurrent HSV type 2 meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis). The patient had seven episodes of meningeal symptoms within a 7-year period. In the seventh episode, HSV type 2 DNA was confirme...

Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis.

Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis is a recurring, typically innocuous, painful form of aseptic meningitis. This syndrome is associated with transient neurological symptoms in one-half of afflicted patients. The causative agent is usually herpes simplex virus type 2, which can be confirmed by detection of viral DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid using polymerase chain reaction. Clinical diseas...