title: Mumps meningo-encephalitis.
abstract: Between July 1981 and June 1985, 49 cases (36 boys (73%) and 13 girls (27%] of mumps meningo-encephalitis confirmed by culture of the virus from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were seen. Patients presented particularly in the late spring and early summer. A CSF cell count greater than 500 X 10(6)/l was obtained in 14 cases (28%), a total CSF protein greater than 0.8 g/l in 6 cases (12%) and a CSF glucose of less than 2.2 mmol/l in 2 cases (4%). Two cases are reported to illustrate the diagnostic problems which the infection may cause, particularly when the CSF changes resemble those of tuberculous meningitis. In 1 case neurogenic pulmonary oedema developed after a convulsion; this caused further diagnostic uncertainty.
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D005947:Glucose