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Viral meningitis

MedGen UID:
44355
Concept ID:
C0025297
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Meningitides, Viral; Meningitis, Viral; Viral Meningitides; Viral Meningitis
SNOMED CT: Meningitis, viral (58170007); Viral meningitis (58170007); Aseptic meningitis, viral (58170007); Abacterial meningitis (58170007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0007015

Definition

Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord due to a viral infection. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Posadas E, Fisher J
Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2018 Nov;15(11):1-20. Epub 2018 Nov 1 PMID: 30358380
Mount HR, Boyle SD
Am Fam Physician 2017 Sep 1;96(5):314-322. PMID: 28925647
McGill F, Heyderman RS, Michael BD, Defres S, Beeching NJ, Borrow R, Glennie L, Gaillemin O, Wyncoll D, Kaczmarski E, Nadel S, Thwaites G, Cohen J, Davies NW, Miller A, Rhodes A, Read RC, Solomon T
J Infect 2016 Apr;72(4):405-38. Epub 2016 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.01.007. PMID: 26845731

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ivaska L, Herberg J, Sadarangani M
J Infect 2024 Mar;88(3):106111. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.01.010. PMID: 38307149
Petersen PT, Bodilsen J, Jepsen MPG, Larsen L, Storgaard M, Hansen BR, Helweg-Larsen J, Wiese L, Lüttichau HR, Andersen CØ, Nielsen H, Brandt CT; Danish Study Group of Infections of the Brain (DASGIB)
Brain 2023 Sep 1;146(9):3816-3825. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad089. PMID: 36929167Free PMC Article
Zimmermann P, Curtis N
Neonatology 2021;118(6):629-638. Epub 2021 Oct 5 doi: 10.1159/000517630. PMID: 34818234
Mount HR, Boyle SD
Am Fam Physician 2017 Sep 1;96(5):314-322. PMID: 28925647
Kaiser R
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2008 Sep;22(3):561-75, x. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.013. PMID: 18755391

Diagnosis

Gundamraj V, Hasbun R
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2023 Jun 1;36(3):177-185. Epub 2023 Apr 12 doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000922. PMID: 37093042
Bystritsky RJ, Chow FC
Neurol Clin 2022 Feb;40(1):77-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.08.006. PMID: 34798976
Kohil A, Jemmieh S, Smatti MK, Yassine HM
Arch Virol 2021 Feb;166(2):335-345. Epub 2021 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04891-1. PMID: 33392820Free PMC Article
Wright WF, Pinto CN, Palisoc K, Baghli S
J Neurol Sci 2019 Mar 15;398:176-183. Epub 2019 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.01.050. PMID: 30731305
Pellett PE, Mitra S, Holland TC
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;123:45-66. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00002-X. PMID: 25015480Free PMC Article

Therapy

Ivaska L, Herberg J, Sadarangani M
J Infect 2024 Mar;88(3):106111. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.01.010. PMID: 38307149
Fares J, Ahmed AU, Ulasov IV, Sonabend AM, Miska J, Lee-Chang C, Balyasnikova IV, Chandler JP, Portnow J, Tate MC, Kumthekar P, Lukas RV, Grimm SA, Adams AK, Hébert CD, Strong TV, Amidei C, Arrieta VA, Zannikou M, Horbinski C, Zhang H, Burdett KB, Curiel DT, Sachdev S, Aboody KS, Stupp R, Lesniak MS
Lancet Oncol 2021 Aug;22(8):1103-1114. Epub 2021 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00245-X. PMID: 34214495Free PMC Article
Posadas E, Fisher J
Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2018 Nov;15(11):1-20. Epub 2018 Nov 1 PMID: 30358380
Mount HR, Boyle SD
Am Fam Physician 2017 Sep 1;96(5):314-322. PMID: 28925647
Chadwick DR
Br Med Bull 2005;75-76:1-14. Epub 2006 Feb 10 doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldh057. PMID: 16474042

Prognosis

Petersen PT, Bodilsen J, Jepsen MPG, Larsen L, Storgaard M, Hansen BR, Helweg-Larsen J, Wiese L, Lüttichau HR, Andersen CØ, Nielsen H, Brandt CT; Danish Study Group of Infections of the Brain (DASGIB)
Brain 2023 Sep 1;146(9):3816-3825. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad089. PMID: 36929167Free PMC Article
Shahan B, Choi EY, Nieves G
Am Fam Physician 2021 Apr 1;103(7):422-428. PMID: 33788511
Julián-Jiménez A, Morales-Casado MI
Neurologia (Engl Ed) 2019 Mar;34(2):105-113. Epub 2016 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2016.05.009. PMID: 27469578
Mount HR, Boyle SD
Am Fam Physician 2017 Sep 1;96(5):314-322. PMID: 28925647
Seehusen DA, Reeves MM, Fomin DA
Am Fam Physician 2003 Sep 15;68(6):1103-8. PMID: 14524396

Clinical prediction guides

Petersen PT, Bodilsen J, Jepsen MPG, Hansen BR, Storgaard M, Larsen L, Helweg-Larsen J, Wiese L, Lüttichau HR, Andersen CØ, Mogensen TH, Nielsen H, Brandt CT; Danish Study Group of Infections of the Brain (DASGIB)
Eur J Neurol 2024 Jan;31(1):e16081. Epub 2023 Oct 5 doi: 10.1111/ene.16081. PMID: 37797296Free PMC Article
Petersen PT, Bodilsen J, Jepsen MPG, Larsen L, Storgaard M, Hansen BR, Helweg-Larsen J, Wiese L, Lüttichau HR, Andersen CØ, Nielsen H, Brandt CT; Danish Study Group of Infections of the Brain (DASGIB)
Brain 2023 Sep 1;146(9):3816-3825. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad089. PMID: 36929167Free PMC Article
Julián-Jiménez A, Morales-Casado MI
Neurologia (Engl Ed) 2019 Mar;34(2):105-113. Epub 2016 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2016.05.009. PMID: 27469578
Seehusen DA, Reeves MM, Fomin DA
Am Fam Physician 2003 Sep 15;68(6):1103-8. PMID: 14524396
Billich A
Curr Opin Investig Drugs 2000 Nov;1(3):303-7. PMID: 11249712

Recent systematic reviews

Ramachandran P, Grose C
Rev Med Virol 2024 May;34(3):e2538. doi: 10.1002/rmv.2538. PMID: 38658176Free PMC Article
Zimmermann P, Curtis N
Neonatology 2021;118(6):629-638. Epub 2021 Oct 5 doi: 10.1159/000517630. PMID: 34818234
Hudson JA, Broad J, Martin NG, Sadarangani M, Galal U, Kelly DF, Pollard AJ, Kadambari S
Rev Med Virol 2020 Mar;30(2):e2083. Epub 2019 Sep 16 doi: 10.1002/rmv.2083. PMID: 31524309
Christie D, Rashid H, El-Bashir H, Sweeney F, Shore T, Booy R, Viner RM
PLoS One 2017;12(8):e0175024. Epub 2017 Aug 24 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175024. PMID: 28837564Free PMC Article
Vikse J, Henry BM, Roy J, Ramakrishnan PK, Tomaszewski KA, Walocha JA
Int J Infect Dis 2015 Sep;38:68-76. Epub 2015 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.011. PMID: 26188130

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