Viral meningitis
Template:Aseptic meningitis Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
The causes of aseptic meningitis may be infectious or non-infectious.
Causes
Viruses
- HSV 1 and 2
- HIV
- Enteroviruses
- Varicella zoster
- Epstein-Barr virus
- CMV
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Bacteria
- Partially treated meningitis
- Endocarditis
- Mycoplasma
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Treponema pallidum
- Brucella
Fungi
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
Parasites
Non-Infectious Causes
Drugs
- NSAIDs
- Amoxicillin
- Azathioprine
- Cytarabine
- Methotrexate
- Metronidazole
- Intravenous immunoglobulin
- Isoniazid
- Allopurinol
