Aseptic Meningitis Associated with Administration of Carbamazepine

Aseptic meningitis has been reported in patients with collagen vascular disease, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjoegren's syndrome, and sarcoidosis. Meningitis as an adverse reaction to administration of ibuprofen, azathioprine, tolmentin, zimeldin, or trimethoprim has also been describ...

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Published inThe Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 159; no. 2; pp. 363 - 364
Main Authors Hilton, Eileen, Stroh, Edward M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The University of Chicago Press 01.02.1989
University of Chicago Press
Subjects
Aseptic meningitis
Carbamazepine - adverse effects
Carbamazepine - therapeutic use
Correspondence
Dry eye syndromes
Exanthema
Female
Health care administration
Hospital admissions
Humans
Infectious diseases
Leukocytes
Meningitis - chemically induced
Middle Aged
Neck
Penicillin
Prednisone - therapeutic use
Sjogren's Syndrome - drug therapy
Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Summary:Aseptic meningitis has been reported in patients with collagen vascular disease, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjoegren's syndrome, and sarcoidosis. Meningitis as an adverse reaction to administration of ibuprofen, azathioprine, tolmentin, zimeldin, or trimethoprim has also been described. The authors report a case of aseptic meningitis in a patient with Sjoegren's syndrome who received carbamazepine for trigeminal neuralgia.
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Please address requests for reprints to Dr. Eileen Hilton, Room B 202, Division of Infectious Diseases, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11042.
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ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/159.2.363-a