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Bacterial Meningitis in the Elderly [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1984 To assess the implications of meningitis in a more mature population, we reviewed the records of patients with meningitis: 71 aged 50 years and older and 138 patients aged 15 to 49 years. Among the older population, 54 (76%) had bacterial, nine (13%) had granulomatous, and eight (11%) had aseptic meningitis.
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Bacterial meningitis in children
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 1994Bacterial meningitis is an important problem in childhood. Vaccines can prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b disease and are being developed for infections caused by meningococci and pneumococci. Lumbar puncture is an important part of the diagnostic workup although care is required with its use.
Simon Kroll, Robert Booy
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Anaerobic bacterial meningitis
The American Journal of Medicine, 1979Anaerobic meningitis occurred in four patients in whom anaerobic bacteria had not been suspected as a possible cause. The predisposing conditions were typical of those seen in patients previously reported to have this infection and included chronic otitis media with mastoiditis, chronic sinusitis, recent craniotomy and abdominal trauma.
Major W. Bradshaw +4 more
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Fulminant Bacterial Meningitis
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2013Fulminant bacterial meningitis is a rare host reaction to infection characterized by sudden onset, rapid deterioration, abrupt cerebral edema and refractory intracranial hypertension associated with an extremely high mortality rate.A search of all relevant medical literature since 1900 was conducted to clarify the nature of this entity and its medical ...
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Community-acquired bacterial meningitis
The Lancet, 2021D. Beek, M. Brouwer, U. Koedel, E. Wall
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Prophylaxis in bacterial meningitis
Journal of Hospital Infection, 1985A questionnaire about the use of prophylactic antibiotics in bacterial meningitis was sent to medical officers of environmental health and microbiologists in England. There was broad agreement that prophylaxis should be offered to close contacts of acute meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis but not to contacts of meningitis caused by Streptococcus ...
V.R. Rao, A.J. Davies, A. Dyas
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Anaerobic bacterial meningitis
Journal of Infection, 1986We report a case of anaerobic bacterial meningitis in which a rapid diagnosis was achieved by direct gas-liquid chromatography of cerebrospinal fluid.
Soad Tabaqchali +2 more
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2003
Abstract Meningitis, an infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space, is a syndrome involving the cortex and vasculature that leads to vasculitis and secondary infarctions. Stretococcus pneumoniae is a frequent cause of community-acquired adult bacterial meningitis.
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Abstract Meningitis, an infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space, is a syndrome involving the cortex and vasculature that leads to vasculitis and secondary infarctions. Stretococcus pneumoniae is a frequent cause of community-acquired adult bacterial meningitis.
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Bacterial Meningitis—An Update
Clinical Pediatrics, 1991This report emphasizes new clinical information about bacterial meningitis in infants and children. Important elements of diagnosis include examination for the presence of shock and increased intracranial pressure. In such cases, initial treatment should focus on appropriate fluid therapy, administration of oxygen, reduction of intracranial pressure ...
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