SMJ articles in the category "aseptic meningitis"

Original Article

Cerebrospinal Fluid Viscosity: A Novel Diagnostic Measure for Acute Meningitis

Introduction: Early diagnosis of acute meningitis has paramount importance in clinical practice because of mortality and morbidity of the disease. Examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has critical value for the diagnosis of acute meningitis and discrimination of bacterial and aseptic meningitis. It has been previously reported that plasma viscosity can…

Posted in: aseptic meningitis 2 bacterial meningitis 3 plasma viscosity 2

Case Report

Infliximab-induced Headache and Infliximab-induced Meningitis: Two Ends of the Same Spectrum?

This report describes a case of aseptic meningitis induced by the tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor infliximab. The patient, a 51-year-old female, was being treated for Crohn’s disease. After an infliximab infusion, she had headache, fever, arthralgia, myalgia, and meningismus. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis was remarkable for a neutrophilic pleocytosis and elevated…

Posted in: aseptic meningitis 2 Crohn's disease 2 headache 3 infliximab 4
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