About the Need to Review the Fredericks and Bruyn Criteria for Mollaret's Meningitis Diagnosis

Carlos Jorge Rubinstein

Abstract

Mollaret's meningitis is a rare disease characterized by recurrent self-limiting episodes of lymphocytic meningitis, mainly linked to viral infections (Herpes Simplex Virus and Epstein Barr Virus), and to a lesser extent to autoimmune diseases, alternating with periods in which the patient is asymptomatic.