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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |Recurrent<ref name=" | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" |Recurrent<ref name="pmid8750806">{{cite journal| author=Lieb G, Krauss J, Collmann H, Schrod L, Sörensen N| title=Recurrent bacterial meningitis. | journal=Eur J Pediatr | year= 1996 | volume= 155 | issue= 1 | pages= 26-30 | pmid=8750806 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8750806 }} </ref><ref name="pmid16231527">{{cite journal| author=Wang HS, Kuo MF, Huang SC| title=Diagnostic approach to recurrent bacterial meningitis in children. | journal=Chang Gung Med J | year= 2005 | volume= 28 | issue= 7 | pages= 441-52 | pmid=16231527 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16231527 }} </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:09, 11 January 2017
Bacterial meningitis Microchapters |
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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
Classification
Bacterial meningitis may be classified according to the age group, causative agent, severity, and duration of disease.[1]
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Neonates and infants |
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Adults |
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Elderly |
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Moderate | |||
Severe |
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Acute |
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Chronic |
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Recurrent[1][2] |
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According to age group
Etiological agent and clinical presentation differs in infants and adults:
====Meningitis in infants and newborns====
Etiological agent
- Group B streptococcus
- E coli
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
Meningitis in adults
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitides
- Hemophilus influenza type b
- Listeria monocytogenes
According to causative agent
According to severity
Mild
Moderate
Severe or fatal
According to duration of disease
Acute
- Lasts < 4 weeks
Subacute
Chronic
- Lasts > 4weeks
Recurrent
- Multiple episodes < 4 weeks
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lieb G, Krauss J, Collmann H, Schrod L, Sörensen N (1996). "Recurrent bacterial meningitis". Eur J Pediatr. 155 (1): 26–30. PMID 8750806.
- ↑ Wang HS, Kuo MF, Huang SC (2005). "Diagnostic approach to recurrent bacterial meningitis in children". Chang Gung Med J. 28 (7): 441–52. PMID 16231527.