neurologic disorders
Viral Meningitis
Treatment of Viral Meningitis
Supportive measures Acyclovir(for suspected herpes simplex or herpes zoster) and antiretroviral drugs (for HIV infection) If patients appear seriously ill and if acute bacterial seems possible (even if viral meningitis is suspected), appropriate antibiotics and corticosteroids are started immediately (without waiting for test results) and continued until bacterial meningitis is ruled out (ie, no bacteria grow in CSF cultures). Viral meningitis usually resolves spontaneously over weeks or, occasionally (eg, in West Nile Virus or is efficacious in treating Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infections and can be used to treat Pleconaril is only modestly efficacious for meningitis due to Overview of Enterovirus Infections and is not available for routine clinical use. Patients with HIV meningitis are treated with Treatment . 