PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Emma Carter AU - Fiona McGill TI - The management of acute meningitis: an update AID - 10.7861/clinmed.2022-cme-meningitis DP - 2022 Sep 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 396--400 VI - 22 IP - 5 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/5/396.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/5/396.full SO - Clin Med2022 Sep 01; 22 AB - Meningitis remains an important cause of mortality and morbidity. Clinicians should be alert to this diagnosis and have a low threshold for investigation and treatment of meningitis. This article provides an update of current evidence and existing guidelines for the management of suspected acute meningitis in adults in the UK.