Aseptic meningitis in a child after systemic treatment with high dose cytarabine

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Jan;20(1):87-9. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200101000-00022.

Abstract

Cytarabine was temporally associated with aseptic meningitis syndrome in an 8-year-old Hispanic girl being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Cytarabine / adverse effects*
  • Cytarabine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningitis, Aseptic / chemically induced*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Cytarabine