[Meningo-encephalitis with clear cerebrospinal fluid in adults].
Meningitis with a clean cerebrospinal fluid are most often benign and related to a wide variety of viruses with spontaneous favourable outcome. Measles and rubella are dramatically decreasing, because of the systematic vaccination. The main problem is heptic meningoencephalitis, leading to an empiric treatment with aciclovir. The other urgent question is the possibility of Listeria infection, leading also to an empiric antibiotherapy. Tuberculosis should not be neglected, but the treatment is not so urgent. The various hypotheses are often formulated because of epidemiological data or underlying disease. The biological data are most often too late to be interesting for the initial therapeutic decision.
Stahl
J P
JP
Centre hospitalier universitaire, Grenoble.
Brion
J P
JP
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
Méningo-encéphalites à liquide clair de l'adulte commun.