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 …

Acute meningitis remains a devastating disease. Clinicians need a low threshold for
suspecting meningitis, to undertake appropriate investigations and provide treatment in a …

Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal sepsis are rare conditions with high case fatality
rates. Early recognition and prompt treatment saves lives. In 1999 the British Infection …

Critical care management of meningitis and encephalitis: an... : Current Opinion in Critical
Care Critical care management of meningitis and encephalitis: an update : Current Opinion in …

Community-acquired acute meningitis and encephalitis: a narrative review Page 1
Community-acquired acute meningitis and encephalitis: a narrative review Miles H Beaman …

Despite advances in medical care including antibiotics and vaccines, meningitis still has a
high morbidity and mortality rate, especially in certain high-risk patients. Early diagnosis with …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2012; 19: 632–639© 2012 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: Large‐scale epidemiologic studies of …

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 …

Acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: An evidence-based review Page 1
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: Readers will recognize the signs and symptoms of acute …

Case fatality ratio and permanent sequelae of acute bacterial meningitis remain high in
recent decades. A prospective longitudinal study of adult patients admitted with community …