The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis has changed as a result of the widespread use of
conjugate vaccines and preventive antimicrobial treatment of pregnant women. Given the …

Rapid diagnosis and treatment of acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis reduces
mortality and neurological sequelae, but can be delayed by atypical presentation …

Bacterial meningitis is a severe infectious disease of the membranes lining the brain
resulting in a high mortality and morbidity throughout the world. In the past decades the …

ContextChildren with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis are routinely admitted to the
hospital and treated with parenteral antibiotics, although few have bacterial meningitis. We …

OBJECTIVE. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of antibiotic administration
before lumbar puncture on cerebrospinal fluid profiles in children with bacterial meningitis …

A key clinical responsibility of the emergency physician is to consider the “worst case
scenario” for a given chief complaint. When it comes to infections of the central nervous …

Objective To validate procalcitonin (PCT) level as the best biological marker to distinguish
between bacterial and aseptic meningitis in children in the emergency department. Design …

Acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis (ABM) in children continues to have high
rates of neurological morbidity and mortality despite the overall declining rates of infection …

Enteroviruses are the major causes of aseptic meningitis. The major focus of diagnosis
remains ruling out bacterial infection or confirming enteroviral etiology of infection. Properly …

Despite the existence of antibiotic therapies against acute bacterial meningitis, patients with
the disease continue to suffer significant morbidity and mortality in both high and low-income …