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Bacterial Meningitis - Causative Organisms and Treatment by Age Group

#Bacterial #Meningitis #Causes #Pathogens #Diagnosis #Management
Bacterial Meningitis ... Organisms and Treatment ... #Bacterial #Meningitis ... #Causes #Pathogens
Specific antibiotic in-hospital treatment for community-acquired bacterial meningitis

#bacterial #meningitis #management #antibiotics #therapy #treatment #table #duration #empiric
antibiotic in-hospital treatment ... community-acquired bacterial meningitis ... #bacterial #meningitis ... antibiotics #therapy #treatment
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... • TB meningitis ... pericarditis (select cases ... • Pneumococcal meningitis ... infections #management #treatment
Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Different Causes of Meningitis

#CSF #Fluid #Analysis #Interpretation #Meningitis #Normal #Bacterial #Viral
Fluid in Different Causes ... of Meningitis ... Interpretation #Meningitis
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
cause quadriplegia ... Toxin C -> N. meningitidis ... hearing loss, meningitis ... media; pneumonia, meningitis ... > Inflammation causes
Etiologies of Meningitis - Acute (1-14d) vs Chronic (>14 days)

#meningitis #differential #diagnosis #pathogens #causes #acute #chronic
Etiologies of Meningitis ... (>14 days) #meningitis ... diagnosis #pathogens #causes
Typical features of meningitis vs. Encephalitis 

Meningitis is inflammation of the subarachnoid space, the fluid bathing
Typical features of meningitis ... Encephalitis Meningitis ... Most common causes ... Most common causes ... #meningitis #Encephalitis
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis ... neck stiffness causes ... Brudzinskis #Sign #Meningitis
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis ... neck stiffness causes ... Brudzinskis #Sign #Meningitis
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Resistance or pain elicited by passive extension of the knees, thought to be
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis ... thought to be caused ... Kernigs #Sign #Meningitis