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Meningitis Caused by Coxsackie Virus
There are many causes of aseptic meningitis, including:
- Infections near the brain or spinal cord, such as epidural abscesses
- Fungi
- Mycobacteria
- Some cancers (cause a syndrome similar to meningitis)
- Some medications (like antibiotics and anti-inflammatory counter)
- Tick-borne diseases (such as Lyme disease)
- Tuberculosis
- Virus
About half of cases of aseptic meningitis caused by Coxsackie virus and echovirus, two members of the enterovirus family. The frequency of enteroviral infections increases in the summer and early fall. Enteroviruses are spread through hand to mouth contact and coughing. Also be spread through fecal matter.
Other viruses that cause this condition include:
- Varicella (chickenpox virus)
- Other enterovirus
- Herpes viruses, both type 1 (herpes simplex or herpes labialis) and type 2 (genital herpes)
- HIV (especially acute HIV syndrome)
- Mumps
- Rabies virus
- West Nile Virus
Among the risk factors for development of aseptic meningitis include:
- Being a health worker
- Having a weakened immune system
- Exposure to children in child care environments
- Exposure to someone with a recent viral infection
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ECHO Virus Infections
Infections with Enteric Cytopathic human orphan virus (ECHO, by its initials in English) are common.
Severe infections with these viruses are less common, but can be significant. It is believed that one of five cases of aseptic meningitis brain infection is caused by an ECHO virus.
Symptoms
ECHO viruses cause a wide variety of diseases. Symptoms depend on the type of disease:
- Aseptic meningitis
- Croup
- Encephalitis
- Mouth sores (herpangina)
- Myocarditis
- Pericarditis
- Pneumonia
- Rashes
- Infection of the upper airway
- Viral pharyngitis