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Meningitis and Meningococcal Diseases
مننژیت ویروسی را غالبأ مننژیت غیر عفونی می نامند. مننژیت ویروسی به وسیله ویروسهای مختلفی ایجاد می شود. بعضی از آنها از طریق عطسه، سرفه یا وضعیت های بهداشتی نامناسب به وجود می آیند. سایر موارد آن، از جمله ویروس کوکساکی در فاضلاب آلوده پیدا می شود. مننژیت ویروسی با شروع ناگهانی تب و علایم و نشانه های درگیری مننژ مانند سر درد و سفتی گردن مشخص می گردد. فتوفوبی نیز از نشانه های معمول آن بوده و ممکن ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0093-0415
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.173.2.125