Abstract

Viral meningitis is common but often underrecognized. The authors of this review discuss the evolution of the common causes of viral meningitis in children and adolescents and the most appropriate diagnostic tools and therapies. Neonatal meningitis was not covered in the review. Before measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization became routine, mumps was the leading cause of viral meningitis (occurring in 15% of all mumps cases), and only half of patients …

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