Chronic meningitis

Authors

  • Rute Relvas Interna do Internato Complementar de Neurologia, Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital de St. António dos Capuchos, Lisboa
  • Manuel Gonçalves Asslstente Eventual de Neurologia, Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital de Santo António dos Capu­chos, Lisboa

Keywords:

chronic meningitis, CNS infections

Abstract

Chronic meningitis is usually defined as a syn­ drome of meníngeal symptoms and signs lasting more than 4 weeks, which include infections and non-infections etiologies. This syndrome is less common than acute meningitis, yet his frequency has certainly increased in the imunossupressed patients. The authors discuss the clinical picture and the differential diagnosis of this situation.

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1996-09-30

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Relvas R, Gonçalves M. Chronic meningitis. RPMI [Internet]. 1996 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];3(3):178-83. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2292

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (1996): Julho/ Setembro

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