Aseptic meningitis in a child after systemic treatment with high dose cytarabine.
Cytarabine was temporally associated with aseptic meningitis syndrome in an 8-year-old Hispanic girl being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Pease
C L
CL
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Horton
T M
TM
McClain
K L
KL
Kaplan
S L
SL
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D003561:Cytarabine