Aseptic meningitis
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aseptic-meningitis-187-18646337
title:
Aseptic meningitis
text:
Aseptic meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges, a membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, in patients whose cerebral spinal fluid test result is negative with routine bacterial cultures. Aseptic meningitis is caused by viruses, mycobacteria, spirochetes, fungi, medications, and cancer malignancies. The testing for both meningitis and aseptic meningitis is mostly the same. A cerebrospinal fluid sample is taken by lumbar puncture and is tested for leukocyte levels to determine if ther
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description:
Inflammation of the meninges not due to common bacterial infection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aseptic_meningitis
date created:
2005-06-10T01:22:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:20:53Z
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