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ArticleCureus2025

Recurrent Aseptic Meningitis Without Identifiable Pathogens: A Case Report.

Saima Nazish, Abdulhadi J Alotaibi, Obaid M Aljarbou, Abdulaziz Omair, Faisal H Aljamea

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Saima NazishNeurology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Abdulhadi J AlotaibiMedicine and Surgery, Vision College, Riyadh, SAU.
Obaid M AljarbouNeurology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Abdulaziz OmairMedicine and Surgery, Vision College, Riyadh, SAU.
Faisal H AljameaMedicine and Surgery, Vision College, Riyadh, SAU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent meningitis without an identifiable pathogen is an infrequent but taxing diagnostic dilemma, particularly when multiple systemic comorbidities obscure both the clinical picture and the laboratory data. A 66-year-old man with dyslipidemia, diabetes, hypertension, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and a left ventricular thrombus experienced five meningitic episodes over six years. Each event featured holocephalic headache radiating to the neck, neck stiffness, vomiting, transient dysarthria, and gait ataxia. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) consistently showed lymphocytic pleocytosis (6-48 cells/mm

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case reportdiagnostic challengesmeningitispathogen identificationrecurrent meningitis

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PMCPMC12358084

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