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Alternate Name(s): Sterile meningitis ...... Aseptic meningitis is an illness characterized by headache, fever, and inflammation of the lining of the brain (meninges) that is not caused by bacteria.
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Syphilitic aseptic meningitis is a form of meningovascular neurosyphilis, which is a progressive, life-threatening complication of syphilis infection. ... Syphilitic aseptic meningitis is a complication of untreated syphilis that involves inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. The condition is...
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Aseptic meningitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aseptic meningitis , or sterile meningitis, is a condition in which the layers lining of the brain, or meninges, become inflamed and a pyogenic bacterial source is not to blame. Meningitis is diagnos...
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Aseptic meningitis - Overview, Aseptic meningitis is an illness that appears similar to bacterial meningitis; ... Aseptic meningitis is an illness that appears similar to bacterial meningitis; however, bacteria do not grow in cultures of the fluid around the brain and spinal cord (cerebrospinal fluid).
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A: Viral ("aseptic") meningitis is serious but rarely fatal in people with normal immune systems. Usually, the symptoms last from 7 to 10 days and the patient recovers completely. Bacterial meningitis, on the other hand, can be very serious and result in disability or death if not treated promptly.
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www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html
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Meningitis with normal CSF glucose, normal to elevated protein and elevated cell count with a lymphocyte predominance ... Nonbacterial meningitis ... Meningitis with negative bacterial culture – old definition and not used much...
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www.med.unc.edu/medicine/web/meningitis.htm
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Aseptic meningitis is inflammation of the meninges with CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis and no cause apparent after routine CSF stains and cultures. Viruses are the most common cause. Other causes may be infectious or noninfectious.
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When a newborn or young infant presents with fever and lethargy or irritability, meningitis is a primary concern. Bacterial meningitis has an incidence of about 20 to 100 cases per 100,000 live births during the newborn period.1 Aseptic meningitis is even more common.
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