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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Risk factors== | ==Risk factors== | ||
Common risk factors of bacterial meningitis may include:<br> | |||
'''Age''' | |||
*Extremes of age predispose to bacterial meningitis such as infants and old age | |||
*Type of bacteria affecting affecting different age groups varies | |||
'''Community setting''' | |||
*People living in dorms | |||
*Military personnel | |||
*Large gatherings in college campuses | |||
'''Certain medical conditions''' | |||
*Recent respiratory or ear infection | |||
*Otorrhea or rhinorrhea | |||
*Lupus | |||
*Infective endocarditis | |||
'''Working with meningitis-causing pathogens ''' | |||
*Microbiologists | |||
*Lab personnel | |||
'''Travel''' | |||
*Recent travel to endemic area such as sub-Saharan Africa | |||
*Travel to Mecca during the annual Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage | |||
'''Immunosuppression''' | |||
*Prolonged steroid therapy | |||
*Complement deficiency | |||
*Diabetes mellitus | |||
*Hypogammaglobulinemia, and | |||
*Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection | |||
'''Trauma''' | |||
*Recent head trauma | |||
'''Other risk factors''' | |||
*Smoking | |||
*Alcohalism | |||
*Injection drug abuse | |||
*Sepsis | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 17:52, 4 January 2017
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Risk factors
Common risk factors of bacterial meningitis may include:
Age
- Extremes of age predispose to bacterial meningitis such as infants and old age
- Type of bacteria affecting affecting different age groups varies
Community setting
- People living in dorms
- Military personnel
- Large gatherings in college campuses
Certain medical conditions
- Recent respiratory or ear infection
- Otorrhea or rhinorrhea
- Lupus
- Infective endocarditis
Working with meningitis-causing pathogens
- Microbiologists
- Lab personnel
Travel
- Recent travel to endemic area such as sub-Saharan Africa
- Travel to Mecca during the annual Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage
Immunosuppression
- Prolonged steroid therapy
- Complement deficiency
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypogammaglobulinemia, and
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
Trauma
- Recent head trauma
Other risk factors
- Smoking
- Alcohalism
- Injection drug abuse
- Sepsis