MENINGITIS FOLLOWING MEASLES.

Evaluation of Aseptic Meningitis Following Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine in Children Admitted due to Febrile Convulsion

Background Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common neurological problem in children which can occur in 2 to 5% of this population. The most important issue is to identify the cause of fever and rule out bacterial meningitis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of aseptic meningitis due to Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine in admitted children with febrile convulsion. ...

Risks of convulsion and aseptic meningitis following measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in the United Kingdom.

Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines containing the Urabe strain of mumps were withdrawn in the United Kingdom in 1992 following demonstration of an increased risk of aseptic meningitis 15-35 days after vaccination. Following introduction of a replacement MMR vaccine (Priorix; GlaxoSmithKline, London, United Kingdom) in 1998, active surveillance of aseptic meningitis and convulsion was establis...

Multiple Paralysis Following Measles

Chronic hypothermia following tuberculous meningitis.

A patient who developed chronic hypothermia following tuberculous meningitis is described. A central defect of thermoregulation was discovered, probably due to a discrete vascular lesion in the anterior hypothalmus.

Diabetes insipidus following tuberculous meningitis.

In tuberculous meningitis the site of the maximal infection and of the most dense exudate is the basal cisterns, particularly the cisterna chiasmatis and the cisterna ambiens. This exudate may lead to obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid pathways, which can be readily demonstrated by pneumoencephalograms (Lorber, 1951). Calcification of this exudate occurs in a large proportion of children wh...