{"title":"Fifteen-minute consultation: enterovirus meningitis and encephalitis—when can we stop the antibiotics?","authors":"S. Drysdale, D. Kelly","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2016-310632","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":8153,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition","volume":"11 1","pages":"66 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice Edition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310632","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
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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