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

• Toxoplasma gondii

Non-Infectious Causes

Drugs

• NSAIDs
• Amoxicillin
• Azathioprine
• Cytarabine
• Methotrexate
• Metronidazole
• Muromonab-CD3
• Intravenous immunoglobulin
• Isoniazid
• Allopurinol

Systemic Diseases

• Sarcoidosis
• Meningioma
• SLE
• Wegener's
• Vasculitis
• Behcet disease

Miscellaneous

• Migraine
• Arachnoiditis