Aseptic meningitis or sterile meningitis is a condition in which the layers lining the brain meninges become inflamed and a pyogenic bacterial source is not to blame. Meningitis is diagnosed on a history of characteristic symptoms and certain examination findings (e.g. Kernig’s sign).
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