mash
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| KarlaPope50
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Herpes
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| Rachana
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The answer given was Herpes...but I thought herpes causes enchephalitis instead of meningitis??
Isn't lymphocytic meningitis more common due to mycobacterium?
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| bluestar
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viral meningitis is acute lymphocytic meningitis and TB meningitis is chronic one in which you would expect an increase of not only lymphocytes, but also plasma cell, fibroblast and macrophage.
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| Sakaki-
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HSV can cause meningitis as well (esp. HSV-2).
Bluestar, can you give a reference for your statement? Is there any other reason for the distinction; I'm not too clear on whether HSV or tuberculous meningitis would be more common.
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| bluestar
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sure, it's written as an explanation to a quesion of kaplan's Qbank. I am not sure, but I'd guess that TB is more common that HSV meningitis. also, HSV causes encephalitis more than meningitis? In the textbook I read, mumps, echovirus and coxsakievirus is the top 3 causes of viral meningitis.
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| Sakaki-
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Yeah, HSV does seem to cause more encephalitis than meningitis...
Is there anyone else who can resolve this?
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