If your doctor suspects you have meningitis, he or she will
likely put you on a round of broad-spectrum antibiotics to fight
potential non-viral types of infectious meningitis. Once he or
she has determined the type of meningitis you have — viral,
bacterial, or fungal — your doctor will provide a more specific
treatment.  Viral Meningitis Treatment  Antibiotics cannot kill
viruses. If you have viral meningitis, you will be taken off
whatever antibiotic therapy you may have been using.  There is
no specific treatment for viral meningitis, which is often mild.
Most of the time, people recover from their viral meningitis in
seven to 10 days, with little more than rest, over-the-counter
fever reducers/pain medications, and proper fluid intake.
However, if you have meningitis caused by a herpes virus or
influenza, your doctor may prescribe an antiviral medication.
For instance, the antiviral drugs ganciclovir (Cytovene) and
foscarnet (Foscavir) are sometimes used to treat Cytomegalovirus
meningitis in people wi