• Arch Pediatr · Nov 2002

    Case Reports

    [Herpetic meningitis in the child].

    • C Dupuis, V Despert, and P Vigneron.
    • Département de médecine de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, hôpital Sud, CHU de Rennes, 16, boulevard de Bulgarie, BP 56129, 35056 Rennes, France.
    • Arch Pediatr. 2002 Nov 1; 9 (11): 1153-5.

    UnlabelledIn children, viral meningitis is usually caused by Enteroviruses. Herpes simplex viruses (HSV) are known to be a cause of meningo-encephalitis. HSV-2 has been reported to cause recurrent meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis) in adults.Case ReportWe report the case of a three-year-old girl with HSV-1 meningitis, whose evolution with treatment by aciclovir was good.ConclusionHSV-1 has rarely been reported as a cause of isolated aseptic meningitis in children. Primary phase of herpes simplex virus infection is not usually associated with neurologic complications.

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