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Review
. 2007 Oct;11(5):489-95.
doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000500010.

Laboratorial diagnosis of lymphocytic meningitis

Sérgio Monteiro de Almeida  1 , Meri Bordignon Nogueira, Sonia Mara Raboni, Luine Rosele Vidal
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Review

Laboratorial diagnosis of lymphocytic meningitis

Sérgio Monteiro de Almeida et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Meningitis is the main infectious central nervous system (CNS) syndrome. Viruses or bacteria can cause acute meningitis of infectious etiology. The term "Aseptic Meningitis" denotes a clinical syndrome with a predominance of lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), with no common bacterial agents identified in the CSF. Viral meningitis is considered the main cause of lymphocyte meningitis. There are other etiologies of an infectious nature. CSF examination is essential to establish the diagnosis and to identify the etiological agent of lymphocytic meningitis. We examined CSF characteristics and the differential diagnosis of the main types of meningitis.

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