HSV-2 causes genital herpes, and neurological complications include aseptic meningitis and recurrent radiculopathy. HSV-2 also causes myelitis in immunocompromised individuals. Typical features of HSV ...

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HSV is the only viral CNS infection that warrants empiric therapy. Other viral causes of meningitis, which outweigh bacterial causes by a factor of almost 10 in the general community, have a more ...

Mariana Sifrit, the infant girl who contracted viral meningitis caused by HSV-1 when she was less than a week old, died Tuesday morning, her mother posted on Facebook. Mariana Sifrit, the infant girl ...

IOWA -- A newborn in Iowa died after contracting meningitis, and her parents think she may have gotten it from something as a simple as a kiss from a visitor. Nicole and Shane Sifrit welcomed baby ...

A newborn in Iowa died after contracting meningitis, and her parents think she may have gotten it from something as simple as a kiss from a visitor. Nicole and Shane Sifrit welcomed baby Mariana on ...

(DES MOINES, Iowa) — As they mourn the loss of their newborn daughter, a couple in Iowa are warning parents about whom they allow around their babies in those early days after birth, when infants’ ...

Though viral meningitis may clear up on its own, several other types, including bacterial meningitis, require antibiotic treatment. Antibiotics treat many bacterial infections by killing bacteria or ...

Recurrent meningitis is when someone’s meningitis returns after an initial case. It is relatively uncommon and tends to be less severe than the initial meningitis. However, its symptoms and diagnosis ...

A meningitis headache is severe head pain caused by inflammation in the membranes (meninges) and fluids around the brain and spinal cord. It develops from a serious infection and requires emergency ...