BACKGROUND The diagnostic accuracy of the classic symptoms and signs of meningitis in infants and children has not been established. METHODS All children aged 2 months to 16 years with clinically suspected meningitis were eligible for this prospective cohort study at 2 large medical centers between February 2006 and October 2007. Exclusion criteria were severe chronic disease, severe immune d...

BACKGROUND Chronic meningitis is defined as symptoms and signs of meningeal inflammation and persisting cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities such as elevated protein level and pleocytosis for at least one month. CASE PRESENTATION A 62-year-old woman, of unremarkable past medical history, was admitted to hospital for investigation of a four-week history of vomiting, malaise an associated hyponatr...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW : Neurologists have a vital role in the recognition of meningitis and encephalitis, the accurate evaluation and interpretation of CSF studies, and the management and prevention of the neurologic complications of CNS infectious diseases. RECENT FINDINGS ;: Although the tetravalent meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine has decreased the incidence of meningococcal meningitis, th...

We present a case of chronic meningitis due to the mold Aureobasidium proteae. Clinical features, the disease course, as well as the diagnostic methods and optimal treatment options are discussed. This case confirms the neuroinvasiveness of A. proteae and introduces it as a new human pathogen.

background: viruses are by far the most common cause of meningitis in children. objectives: the aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of viral/aseptic meningitis (am) in children (2 months - 15 years) in shiraz. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional prospective-descriptive study from may 2001 to may 2002 in nemazi and dastgheib hospitals, shiraz. ev meningitis was diagnos...