title: [Fever and headache].
abstract: A 30-year-old male patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic because of fever, headache and cerebellar symptoms. Clinically he presented with a slight meningism. After exclusion of a focal intracerebral process by head scanning, a first diagnosis of an aseptic meningitis was made by the analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid. With the hint of repeated tick bites, the diagnosis of an early-summer meningoencephalitis was confirmed. The patient recovered without neurological residua within two months. The clinical course, dates of new epidemiologic studies and problems of vaccination are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Truninger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bossart
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vetter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D012621:Seasons; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology