Enteroviral meningitis

Description

A disease of the meninges, caused by an infection with enterovirus. This disease is characterised by high fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, stiff neck, photophobia, drowsiness, skin rash, confusion, seizures, or loss of consciousness. This disease may be asymptomatic in older adults. Transmission is through haematogenous spread to the meninges. Confirmation is by identification of enterovirus through a lumbar puncture, by agglutination tests, or by polymerase chain reaction.

Index terms

Enteroviral meningitis
EM - [enteroviral meningitis]
enterovirus spinal meningitis

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meningitis due to enterovirus
Meningitis due to Polio virus
Meningitis due to Coxsackie viruses
Coxsackievirus meningitis
Viral meningitis due to ECHO virus
Echovirus meningitis
echo viral meningitis
meningitis due to echo virus
Viral meningitis due to enteric cytopathic human orphan virus
Viral meningitis due to Enterovirus 70 or 71

Exclusions from above levels

1D80 – Mumps
1D82 – Cytomegaloviral disease
1E90 – Varicella

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1E91 – Zoster
1F00 – Herpes simplex infections
1F02 – Rubella
1F03 – Measles
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1959883044 – Dengue
NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1C8E.2 – Meningitis due to adenovirus
1C8E.Y – Other specified viral meningitis, not elsewhere classified
1C8E.Z – Viral meningitis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Enteroviral meningitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/62316737

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 1C8E: Viral meningitis, not elsewhere classified › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases