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Nervous System Diseases > Neuroinflammatory Diseases > Meningitis > Meningitis, Aseptic
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Preferred term

Meningitis, Aseptic  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aseptic Meningitis

Note

  • coordinate IM with specific cause (IM) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A syndrome characterized by headache, neck stiffness, low grade fever, and CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis in the absence of an acute bacterial pathogen. Viral meningitis is the most frequent cause although MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES; septic perimeningeal foci; and other conditions may result in this syndrome. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p745)

History note

  • 1991(1977)

In other languages

  • aseptinen aivokalvotulehdus

    Finnish

  • aivokalvotulehdus, aseptinen
  • aseptinen aivokalvojen tulehdus
  • aseptinen aivokalvontulehdus
  • aseptinen meningiitti
  • meningitis aseptica
  • Aseptisk meningit

    Swedish

  • Aseptisk hjärnhinneinflammation

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008582

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