Catalog

Meningitis due to medication

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Meningitis due to medication – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/510526519

Inflammation of the meninges due to medications. The syndrome is clinically characterised by headache, neck stiffness, fever and photophobia. A history of medication use along with the exclusion of other causes of meningitis may aid the diagnosis. Spinal fluid analysis may reveal a lymphocytic pleocytosis and raised protein.