Acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: an evidence-based review.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3949/ccjm.79gr.12003.
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Abstract
Community-acquired bacterial meningitis is still a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Clinicians should know how to quickly diagnose it, perform a lumbar puncture, order the necessary tests, and start appropriate empiric therapy promptly.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Listeria
- Meningitis, Bacterial
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae