Lyme Meningitis Characteristics cf Viral Meningitis

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-5-1

Keywords:

Lyme Meningitis, Viral Meningitis, Pathognomonic Erythema Migrans

Abstract

The clinical and laboratory findings in 12 patients (ages 3-18 yrs) with Lyme meningitis (LM) were compared with 10 (ages 2-15) diagnosed with viral meningitis (VM), in a retrospective analysis of records of children admitted to Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, between 1990 and 1996.

Published

1999-05-01

Issue

Section

Infectious/Autoimmune Disorders