Mollaret's Meningitis Associated With Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Mononucleosis
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 44 (11) , 1204-1205
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1987.00520230084023
Abstract
• A 19-year-old man developed recurrent aseptic meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis) during the course of acute Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis. Serum contained heterophil antibody and Epstein-Barr virus—specific antibodies characteristic of acute infection. Seven brief episodes of aseptic meningitis were documented over the following one-year period, in each case with a polymorphonuclear pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid. Acute infection with Epstein-Barr virus, or subsequent reactivation of virus, may account for some cases of Mollaret's meningitis.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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