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Review
. 1994 Jun;57(6):705-8.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.57.6.705.

Antibiotic induced meningitis

Y River  1 , L Averbuch-Heller, M Weinberger, Z Meiner, D Mevorach, I Schlesinger, Z Argov
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Review

Antibiotic induced meningitis

Y River et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1994 Jun.

Abstract

Three patients with antibiotic induced meningitis, one following penicillin with seven episodes, are reported on--the first well documented description of penicillin induced meningitis. In this patient episodes of headache and nuchal rigidity appeared with and without CSF pleocytosis. Two patients had a total of five episodes of antibiotic induced meningitis after trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (co-trimoxazole) administration. The features common to all three patients were myalgia, confusion and low CSF glucose. CSF analysis was not a reliable method to differentiate antibiotic induced meningitis from partially treated bacterial meningitis.

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