Volume 15, Number 7—July 2009
Dispatch
Recurrent Lymphocytic Meningitis Positive for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2
Katariina Kallio-Laine
, Mikko Seppänen, Hannu Kautiainen, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Maija Lappalainen, Ville Valtonen, Markus Färkkilä, and Eija Kalso
, Mikko Seppänen, Hannu Kautiainen, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Maija Lappalainen, Ville Valtonen, Markus Färkkilä, and Eija Kalso
Table 2
Clinical symptoms in 22 patients with recurring herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 meningitis, during study period (January 1994–December 2003), Finland
| Associated symptoms | No. patients with symptom |
Maximum duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| During meningitis episode | After meningitis episode | Total* | ||
| Neuropathic pain | 5 | 6 | 7 | Years |
| Paresthesias | 8 | 6 | 8 | Months |
| Urinating difficulty | 3 | 3 | 5 | Months |
| Arthralgias | 1 | 6 | 6 | Months |
| Paresis of facial nerve | 1 | 1 | 2 | Weeks |
| Hallucinations | 1 | 0 | 1 | Days |
| Dysarthria | 3 | 0 | 3 | Days |
| Visual disturbance | 2 | 0 | 2 | Days |
*Some patients experienced symptoms both during and after episodes.
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