Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Mollaret's meningitis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21318610


 2012 May;7 Suppl 1:S15-6. Epub 2011 Feb 12.

Mollaret's meningitis: 65 years of history.



"Mollaret’s meningitis is characterized by greater than three episodes of fever, headache and meningismus lasting 2–5 days [25]. Individual attacks are sudden, with signs and symptoms reaching maximum intensity within a few hours. The symptom-free time can vary from weeks to years, and recurrent attacks usually resolve after a period of 3–5 years [4]. The longest case described in the literature was a patient with symptoms lasting more than 28 years."

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