Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics?
Enterovirus (EV) is the most common cause of aseptic meningitis and has a benign course, unlike EV encephalitis, which can result in long-term neurological sequelae. There are no active treatments or prophylactic agents, and management is purely supportive. Obtaining an EV-positive cerebrospinal flu...
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| description | Enterovirus (EV) is the most common cause of aseptic meningitis and has a benign course, unlike EV encephalitis, which can result in long-term neurological sequelae. There are no active treatments or prophylactic agents, and management is purely supportive. Obtaining an EV-positive cerebrospinal fluid result usually allows antimicrobial treatment to be stopped. This review will answer some of the common questions surrounding EV meningitis/encephalitis. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4d3ebfab-f032-44f7-af90-cd8ee8df041d2022-03-26T15:54:24ZFifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4d3ebfab-f032-44f7-af90-cd8ee8df041dSymplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group2016Drysdale, SKelly, DEnterovirus (EV) is the most common cause of aseptic meningitis and has a benign course, unlike EV encephalitis, which can result in long-term neurological sequelae. There are no active treatments or prophylactic agents, and management is purely supportive. Obtaining an EV-positive cerebrospinal fluid result usually allows antimicrobial treatment to be stopped. This review will answer some of the common questions surrounding EV meningitis/encephalitis. |
| spellingShingle | Drysdale, S Kelly, D Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics? |
| title | Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics? |
| title_full | Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics? |
| title_fullStr | Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics? |
| title_short | Fifteen-minute consultation: Enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis: When can we stop the antibiotics? |
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