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**Most common cause  
**Most common cause  
*[[Antibiotics]]
*[[Antibiotics]]
**[[Sulfamethizole]]
**Sulfamethizole
**[[TMP-SMX]]
**[[TMP-SMX]]
**[[Isoniazid]]
**[[Isoniazid]]
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**OKT3 monoclonal antibodies
**OKT3 monoclonal antibodies
*Misc
*Misc
**[[Sulfasalazine]]
**Sulfasalazine
**[[Carbamazepine]]
**[[Carbamazepine]]
**[[Azathioprine]]
**[[Azathioprine]]
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**[[Ranitidine]]
**[[Ranitidine]]
**[[Famotidine]]
**[[Famotidine]]
**[[Methylprednisolone acetate]]
**Methylprednisolone acetate
**[[Allopurinol]]
**[[Allopurinol]]


==Clinical Freatures==  
==Clinical Freatures==  
''Symptoms generally occur within 24-48 hours after taking drug''
*[[Headache]]
*[[Headache]]
*[[Fever]]
*[[Fever]]
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==Disposition==
==Disposition==
==Outcome==
*Generally good, usually with no long term sequelae





Revisión actual - 16:21 12 sep 2017

Background

  • Abbreviation: DIAM
  • Two proposed mechanisms
    • Direct meningeal irritation by intrathecal drug
    • Hypersensitivity reaction to drug (type III and IV)
  • Higher predominance in SLE and female gender

Causes

Clinical Freatures

Symptoms generally occur within 24-48 hours after taking drug

Differential Diagnosis

Headache

Common

Killers

Maimers

Others

Aseptic Meningitis

Evaluation

  • Drug history with focus on time of ingestion and symptom onset
  • CSF studies
    • Pleiocytosis (primarily neutrophilic)
    • Elevated protein levels
    • Normal glucose
    • Negative cultures
  • Challenge test with suspected drug
    • Only confirmatory test
    • Requires informed written consent
    • Due to associated risk, should only be done if suspected drug is irreplaceable

Management

  • Discontinuation of offending agent

Disposition

Outcome

  • Generally good, usually with no long term sequelae


See Also

References