Drug-induced aseptic meningitis

Aseptic meningitis is a very rare drug reaction involving non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (ibuprofen and sulindac), antibiotics (cotrimoxazole, trimethoprim, ciprofloxacin) and miscellaneous drugs such as carbamazepine, human immune globulin and muromonab CD3. Meningeal symptoms occur a few ho...

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Published inTherapie Vol. 47; no. 5; p. 399
Main Authors Maignen, F, Castot, A, Falcy, M, Efthymiou, M L
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.09.1992
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - adverse effects
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Meningitis, Aseptic - chemically induced
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Summary:Aseptic meningitis is a very rare drug reaction involving non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (ibuprofen and sulindac), antibiotics (cotrimoxazole, trimethoprim, ciprofloxacin) and miscellaneous drugs such as carbamazepine, human immune globulin and muromonab CD3. Meningeal symptoms occur a few hours after drug intake and resolve without sequelae within one or two days after drug withdrawal, mainly in young females with systemic lupus erythematosus or mixed connective tissue disease. Biological findings and radiological investigations are not suggestive of an infectious etiology or rheumatological/neurological disturbances. Diagnosis is simple when recurrent episodes coincide with drug ingestion.
ISSN:0040-5957