lymphocytic choriomeningitis/vomiting

A clinicopathologic case of acute diffuse lymphocytic meningoencephalitis in a 8-year-old child is reported. Clinical picture started 7 days prior to death and was characterized by fever and occipital cephalea followed by worsening of general conditions, vomiting and generalized convulsive crisis

BACKGROUND Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis (RBLM) or Mollaretmeningitis is a rare disease with a prevalence of 1-2.2/100,000 population. It is characterized by recurrent episodes of aseptic meningitis. The diagnosis is made via history fitting Bruyn's criteria, and confirmatory detection of

BACKGROUND Infection with the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is a human zoonosis caused by a rodent-borne arenavirus and is often seen in autumn and winter when mice retreat into houses. Infection in humans is acquired after inhalation of aerosols or direct contact with excreta of an infected

In countries, where vaccination against mumps is not obligatory, epidemic increase in morbidity is observed every 4-5 years. In Poland vaccination had not been obligatory until 2004. Year 2004 was an epidemic year--135,178 cases were reported. In 2005 (up to 31.07.05) 64,062 cases were noted and

Two human ehrlichioses occur in the United States: human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), which is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis that infects mononuclear phagocytes in blood and tissue, and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE), an infection of granulocytes that is caused by a similar but

BACKGROUND Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia (OMS) is a rare clinical syndrome, of paraneoplastic infectious, post-infectious, post-vaccinal or idiopathic origin. METHODS We report a 24-year-old young man who presented with gait disorder preceded by a febrile rash and retroauricular lymph nodes. Three

BACKGROUND Several agents are able to produce lymphocytic meningitis, but sometimes it's not possible their identification. The viruses are the etiological agents more frequently found, especially enteroviruses, mumps virus and herpes simplex virus, with different epidemiological patterns depending

CMV meningitis is a well-documented clinical entity in immunocompromised adults. There are only a few reports in the literature regarding CMV meningitis in immunocompetent adults. METHODS We present the case of an immunocompetent middle-aged woman who presented with fever, nuchal rigidity,