Luca C, Luca V, Mihalache D, Scurtu R, Creţu C
Universitatea de Medicină Gr.T. Popa Iasi Facultatea de Medicină Clinica de Boli Infecţioase Iaşi.
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2000 Jul-Sep;104(3):83-6.
To study the incidence, clinical manifestations and treatment of mumps virus meningitis.
Study of 64 patients with mumps virus meningitis, admitted to the Clinic of Infectious Diseases of Iaşi during 1996-1999.
The mumps virus meningitis had a high prevalence în 1998 (39%) most patients being males (62.5%) from the urban areas. 39.06% of cases were on the age group of 5-6 years old, 25% were in the age group 10-14 years old and 18.75% were adults patients. The clinical manifestation were dominated by headache (100%), fever (100%), vomiting (89%), photophobia (43.75%) and meningeal syndrome of contracture. The laboratory diagnosis was established by the cerebro-spinal fluid exam, together with the peripheric blood exam. The treatment was in all the cases with pathogenic (corticotherapy) and symptomatics with a very good evolution.
All the cases with diagnosis mumps virus meningitis were well going, having good evolution and complete healing under symptomatic and pathogenic therapy.
