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Terms: Spinal Meningitis (62288), vaccines against meningitis (272), vaccines against Hib (162), Menomune (6319),

• Meningitis Foundation of America Homepage - http://www.musa.org/
• Meningitis Trust - http://www.meningitis-trust.org/ - http://www.inmed.co.uk/inmed_homepage.html

Terms: diagnosing meningitis (122), meningitis diagnosis (641), tests for meningitis (37), meningitis pcr (29), lactic acid in CSF (4), test for meningitis (122), meningitis testing (19),

• Hospitals to benefit from Meningitis diagnosis breakthrough - http://www.cf.ac.uk/news/cardiff_news/vol6no5/mening.html
• New test for meningitis will yield faster results - http://www.freep.com/news/health/qclose20.htm
• Biotype 7.1 - Rapid Diagnostic Test for Meningitis - http://info.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/new/biotype/feb1.html#wtc
• NHS Digest - Quick Test will save lives - http://www.nhsdigest.org/archive_news_bytes_feb.shtml
• What is meningitis - http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/nlp/gazdar/teach/atc/1999/web/juliaj/index.html
  • Unlike most other rashes, it will not turn white under pressure. This has lead to the standard tumbler test for meningitis.

Terms: tumbler test for meningitis (1), glass test for meningitis (5),

• News - A Risk Test for meningitis - http://www.homehealth-uk.com/docs/newssept01.htm
• Europa - Research - Headlines - Mobile Meningitis Testing - http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/headlines/05-2003.html#18
• An “Underutilized” Test May Be the Key to Meningitis Diagnosis - http://www.neurologyreviews.com/aug01/nr_aug01_meningitis.html
• Empiric Therapy of CNS Infections - Meningitis - http://www.physicianspress.com/meningitis.pdf
• Goucher College Health Services - http://www.goucher.edu/health/health_promotion.cfm
• Laboratory Manual - National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi - http://www.nicd.org/LabManuals1.asp

Terms: Meningitis Research Foundation (7300), Meningitis Reference Laboratory (17), Meningitis Trust (),

Terms: spinal fluid culture (201), cerebral spinal fluid (25394), neurosecretions (191), CSF culture (1761), cerebrospinal fluid (170027), cerebrospinal fluid analysis (1287),

Boolean: "cerebral spinal fluid" and (fungal or viral or bacterial) (5769),

Health Library: Find information on Meningitis and Aseptic meningitis at MerckSource

Terms: viral meningitis (36972), aseptic meningitis (25394), sterile meningitis (139), non-paralytic polio (241), abacterial meningitis (27), non-bacterial meningitis (117),

Terms: coxsackieviruses (20762), echoviruses (2302), herpesviruses (17779), mumps virus (11500), enteroviruses (32223), E13 infection (1), echovirus type 13 (211), echovirus 13 (751), echovirus type 30 (76), echovirus 30 (267),

• Outbreaks of Aseptic Meningitis Associated with Echoviruses 9 and 30 and Preliminary Surveillance Reports on Enterovirus Activity --- United States, 2003 - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5232a1.htm
  • Aseptic or viral meningitis is the most common type of meningitis and is associated with an estimated 26,000--42,000 hospitalizations each year in the United States

Terms: adult meningitis (213), recurring meningitis (49), Mollaret's meningitis (159), recurrent meningitis (714), Mollaret meningitis (66), chronic meningitis (1236), chronic meningoencephalitis (107),

Terms: Acyclovir (606753), Zovirax (219795), Valacyclovir (29397), Valtrex (647729), Famciclovir (29750), Famvir (121240),

Terms: lymphocytic meningitis (468), meningeal symptoms (198), meningoencephalitis (23981), meningomylitis (0), tuberculosis meningitis (1925),

Terms: Pleconaril (14679), picornaviruses (3551),

• Virology 5: Picornaviruses - http://www.med.virginia.edu/med-ed/micro/vir/vir5.html
• Non-paralytic polio (aseptic meningitis). In ~5% of patients the virus spreads to the CNS, but no paralytic disease is produced.
• PAS MEETING: Pleconaril Effective For Viral Meningitis, Polio Treatment - http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/fc0b6.htm
• Product Pipeline: Pleconaril - http://www.viropharma.com/Pipeline/Pleconaril.htm
• eMedicine - Herpes Simplex : Article by Larry I Lutwick, MD - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1006.htm
  • PCR has detected HSV-2 as the cause of recurrent meningitis (Mollaret) ... HSV-1 also has been identified by PCR in the CSF of patients with benign lymphocytic recurrent meningitis (Mollaret meningitis), suggesting that HSV may be the cause of this so-called idiopathic syndrome. [Medline].

Terms: herpes simplex viruses (9576), HSV-1 (51141), HSV-2 (43291), herpes meningitis (679), herpes encephalitis (9812),

• Recurring Meningitis - http://www.medhelp.org/perl6/neuro/archive/16956.html

Terms: Lyme meningitis (201), parasitic meningitis (41), amoebic meningitis (215), syphilitic meningitis (365), hemorrhagic meningitis (812), WNV meningitis (18),

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases - http://www.pedid.chkd.org/ - Meningitis - http://www.pedid.chkd.org/052.htm
• American Lyme Disease Foundation - FAQ - http://www.aldf.com/FAQ.asp
• CDC - Enteroviruses- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/virlmen.htm

Terms: bacterial meningitis (78380), N. meningitidis (10204), Neisseria meningitidis (36854), meningococcal meningitis (27827), Haemophilus influenzae type b (34617), Streptococcus pneumoniae (82344),

Terms: fungal meningitis (1758), cryptococcal meningitis (12677), fungal encephalitis (29),

Boolean: meningitis and "fish oil" (834), meningitis and ("herpes simplex" or HSV or "HSV II") (56008), meningitis and ("HSV-1" or "HSV-2") (6240),

• National Meningitis Association - http://www.nmaus.org
• Meningitis Angels Heaven and Earth Bound Inc. - http://www.meningitis-angels.org/
• Donnamaie E. White - Short Stories and Essays - Spinal Meningitis - http://www.white-enterprises.org/stories_2001/My_SON.html

Terms: encephalitis (428954), meningismus (2776), cerebrospinal fluid (170027), spinal fluid (117119),

• 3D Structure of Picornaviruses - http://www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/virus/Picornaviridae/SequenceDatabase/3Ddatabase/3d.HTM

Pubmed: chronic meningitis (214), aseptic meningitis (1966), subacute meningitis (34), meningitis (34595),

• Disorders Causing Dementia - http://www.alz-nca.org/aboutalz/fyi.asp
• Aseptic Meningitis (Sterile Meningitis) - http://www.1uphealth.com/health/aseptic_meningitis_info.html
  • Certain medications can also cause aseptic meningitis, including antibiotics and some over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications.