PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Picard, François J.
AU  - Dekaban, Gregory A.
AU  - Silva, Jaime
AU  - Rice, George P.A.
TI  - Mollaret's meningitis associated with herpes simplex type 2 infection
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.43.9.1722
DP  - 1993 Sep 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1722--1722
VI  - 43
IP  - 9
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/43/9/1722.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/43/9/1722.full
SO  - Neurology1993 Sep 01; 43
AB  - We describe three patients with benign recurrent aseptic meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis). For one of these cases, the episodes of meningitis were associated with herpetic outbreaks. Mollaret cells, which are a hallmark of Mollaret's meningitis, were present in the CSF from two of the three patients. In all cases, herpes simplex virus type 2 DNA was present in the CSF during the acute illness as detected by polymerase chain reaction amplification, although viral cultures from CSF were all negative. Herpesviruses, notorious for frequent and sporadic recurrence, are ideal candidates for the cause of Mollaret's meningitis.