title: Investigating chronic meningitis.
abstract: Chronic meningitis is a syndrome characterised by persistent and progressive signs and symptoms of meningitis along with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis and elevated protein that fail to improve over 4 weeks. A detailed and careful history and examination is required along with CSF parameters to guide a clinician towards the aetiology of the problem. Neuroimaging modalities have become a useful tool in the quest for a diagnosis in such cases. An interesting case is described in real time illustrating the process of making a diagnosis in chronic meningitis with an insight into investigations and subsequent management.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hartley
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents