IBUPROFEN-INDUCED ASEPTIC MENINGITIS: A CASE REPORT.
Sofia Alexandra Pereira PiresAna Pereira LemosEster Preciosa Maio Nunes PereiraPaulo Alexandre da Silva Vilar MaiaJoão Patrício de Sousa E Alvim Bismarck do AgroPublished in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2019)
DIAM is a rare entity, that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an aseptic meningitis. The major causative agents are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, particularly ibuprofen. Suspicion is made by the chronologic link between drug intake and the beginning of symptoms, but infectious causes should always be ruled out.