Table 1.

Clinical description of 10 patients with recurrent HSV-2 meningitis

Gender	Age (yr)	HSV antibody(ies)a	Time (yr) since first meningitis	No. of recurrences		Time since last meningitis
				Laboratory diagnosed	Clinically suspected
Female	49	HSV-2	6	4	0	6 mo
Female	29	HSV-2	5	3	3	6 mo
Female	41	HSV-2	4	3	4	8 mo
Female	29	HSV-2	3	5	15	3 mo
Female	51	HSV-2	33	7	1	1 mo
Female	39	HSV-2	10	4	6	5 mo
Female	62	HSV-2	33	5	20	6 mo
Male	38	HSV-2	15	6	58	2 wk
Female	49	HSV-2	26	5	2	4 mo
Female	51	HSV-1, -2	13	7	18	10 mo

^aThe presence of HSV-1 or -2 was confirmed by PCR or culture of cerebrospinal fluid in the first three to seven episodes of each patient, as indicated. All patients included were asymptomatic at the time of inclusion.