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Viral Meningitis

Aka: Viral Meningitis
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  1. See Also
    1. Aseptic Meningitis
    2. Bacterial Meningitis
    3. Encephalitis
  2. Epidemiology
    1. Age: under 30 years (90%)
    2. Peaks in late summer
  3. Etiology: Common
    1. Coxsackie virus
    2. Echovirus
  4. Symptoms
    1. Flu-like Prodrome
    2. Intense Onset of symptoms
      1. Headache
      2. Malaise
      3. Nausea
      4. Vomiting
      5. Photophobia
      6. Stupor (rarely)
      7. Neck stiffness
  5. Signs
    1. Fever (maximum 38-40 degrees Celsius)
    2. Meningeal Irritation
      1. Nuchal Rigidity
      2. Spinal Rigidity
      3. Kernig's Sign
      4. Brudzinski's Sign
    3. Rash (Coxsackie or Echovirus)
    4. Herpangina (Coxsackie Virus)
      1. Painful Vesicles at posterior third of oropharynx
  6. Labs: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
    1. CSF White Blood Cells: 10-100 (75% Lymphs)
    2. CSF Protein Normal
    3. CSF Glucose Normal
      1. May be reduced in Mumps and HSV
    4. CSF Culture Negative
  7. Course
    1. Fever resolves in 3-5 days
    2. CSF Leukocytes increased for weeks
  8. Management
    1. Symptomatic Therapy

Viral meningitis (C0025297)

Definition (MSHFRE) Infections virales des leptoméninges et de l'espace sous-arachnoïdien. Ce type d'infections peut être dû aux virus de la famille des Togaviridae (Rubéole), Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, Orbivirus, Picornaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Arenaviridae, Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, JC virus et Retroviridae. Les manifestations cliniques sont : fièvre, céphalées, douleurs cervicales, vomissements, photophobie, et tout autre signe d'irritation méningée. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)
Definition (CSP) viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space.
Definition (MSH) Viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUBELLA; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORBIVIRUS infections; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JC VIRUS infections; and RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS may cause this form of meningitis. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, neck pain, vomiting, PHOTOPHOBIA, and signs of meningeal irritation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)
Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
MSH D008587
ICD9 047.9
ICD10 A87, A87.9
SnomedCT 154985007, 187403007, 267575007, 266097006, 58170007, 154321007, 154984006, 266190006, 267680008, 186490006, 192672003
English Meningitides, Viral, Meningitis, Viral, Viral Meningitides, Unspecified viral meningitis, Viral Meningitis, Viral meningitis NOS, Meningitis - viral NOS, Viral meningitis, unspecified, Viral meningitis,unspecifd, [X]Viral meningitis, unspecified, [X]Viral meningitis,unspecifd, MENINGITIS VIRAL, viral meningitis, viral meningitis (diagnosis), [X]Viral meningitis, unspecified (disorder), Viral meningitis NOS (disorder), Meningitis - viral NOS (disorder), Meningitis, Viral [Disease/Finding], aseptic meningitis viral, meningities viral, aseptic viral meningitis, meningitis - viral, meningitis viral, Meningitis viral NOS, Meningitis viral, Abacterial meningitis, Aseptic meningitis, viral, Viral meningitis (disorder), abacterial; meningitis, infection; viral, central nervous system, meningitis, meningitis; abacterial, meningitis; viral, viral; infection, central nervous system, meningitis, virus; meningitis, Viral meningitis
French MENINGITE VIRALE, Méningite virale SAI, Méningite virale non précisée, Méningite virale
Portuguese MENINGITE VIRAL, Menigite viral NE, Meningite vírica NE, Meningite a vírus, Meningite viral, Meningite Viral
Dutch meningitis viraal NAO, virale meningitis, niet-gespecificeerde virale meningitis, abacterieel; meningitis, infectie; viraal, centraal zenuwstelsel, meningitis, meningitis; abacterieel, meningitis; virus, viraal; infectie, centraal zenuwstelsel, meningitis, virus; meningitis, Virale meningitis, niet gespecificeerd, meningitis viraal, Meningitis, virale, Virale meningitis
German Meningitis viral NNB, unspezifische virale Meningitis, MENINGITIS DURCH VIREN, Virusmeningitis, nicht naeher bezeichnet, virale Meningitis, Meningitis, Virus-, Virusmeningitis
Italian Meningite virale non specificata, Meningite virale NAS, Meningite virale
Spanish Meningitis viral, Meningitis vírica no especificada, Meningitis vírica NEOM, Meningitis - viral NOS, Viral meningitis NOS, Viral meningitis, [X]meningitis viral, no especificada (trastorno), [X]meningitis viral, no especificada, meningitis - viral, SAI (trastorno), meningitis - viral, SAI, meningitis abacteriana, meningitis aséptica, viral, meningitis viral (trastorno), meningitis viral, SAI (trastorno), meningitis viral, SAI, meningitis viral, meningitis virósica, Meningitis vírica, Meningitis Viral
Japanese ウイルス性髄膜炎ＮＯＳ, 詳細不明のウイルス性髄膜炎, ｼｮｳｻｲﾌﾒｲﾉｳｲﾙｽｾｲｽﾞｲﾏｸｴﾝ, ｳｲﾙｽｾｲｽﾞｲﾏｸｴﾝ, ｳｲﾙｽｾｲｽﾞｲﾏｸｴﾝNOS, 髄膜炎-ウイルス性, ウイルス性髄膜炎
Swedish Hjärnhinneinflammation, viral
Czech meningitida virová, Virová meningitida, Blíže neurčená virová meningitida, Virová meningitida NOS
Finnish Virusmeningiitti
Russian MENINGIT VIRUSNYI, МЕНИНГИТ ВИРУСНЫЙ
Korean 바이러스 수막염, 상세불명의 바이러스 수막염
Croatian MENINGITIS, VIRUSNI
Polish Zapalenie opon wirusowe
Hungarian Viralis meningitis, virusos meningitis, viralis meningitis k.m.n., nem meghatározott viralis meningitis
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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