DeCS

Descriptor English:

Meningitis

Descriptor Spanish:

Meningitis

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	meningitis
Entry term(s)	paquimeningitis
Scope note:	Inflamación de las membranas que recubren el cerebro, la médula espinal o ambos: PIAMADRE, ARACNOIDES y DURAMADRE. Las infecciones (víricas, bacterianas, y micóticas) son las causas más frecuentes de esta afección, pero también pueden producir este síndrome la HEMORRAGIA SUBARACNOIDEA, la irritación química (MENINGITIS química), las afecciones granulomatosas, neoplasias (MENINGITIS CARCINOMATOSA) y otras causas inflamatorias. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Meningite

Descriptor French:

Méningite

Entry term(s):

Pachyméningite

Tree number(s):

C10.586.625

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008581

Scope note:

Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions (CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6)

Annotation:

general; prefer specifics; for pachymeningitis (DURA MATER) or leptomeningitis (ARACHNOIDITIS or PIA MATER) do not specify meninx unless particularly discussed; purulent, suppurative or pyogenic: do not coordinate with SUPPURATION (NIM) unless particularly discussed

Allowable Qualifiers:

BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CI induit chimiquement
CL classification
CN congénital
CO complications
DG imagerie diagnostique
DH diétothérapie
DI diagnostic
DT traitement médicamenteux
EC économie
EH ethnologie
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
EP épidémiologie
ET étiologie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
MO mortalité
NU soins infirmiers
PA anatomopathologie
PC prévention et contrôle
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
RT radiothérapie
SU chirurgie
TH thérapie
UR urine
VE médecine vétérinaire
VI virologie