meningitis

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Inflammation or infection of the meninges.
Notes:
  1. Although bacterial and viral infections are the most common causes, there are also non-infectious causes including cancers, autoimmune disease and head injury.
  2. Several common drugs may cause aseptic meningitis.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 880 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'meningitis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11864 RIS BibTex EndNote
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