Bacterial meningitis - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Bacterial meningitis
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Causes
Meningococcus
Haemophilus influenzae
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Escherichia coli
Listeria monocytogenes
Chronic suppurative otitis media
Sinusitis
Miliary tuberculosis
Quaternary syphilis
Canicola fever
Gonorrhoea
Whipple's disease
Pertussis
Brain surgery
Group B streptococcus
Effects
Purulent cerebrospinal fluid
Low CSF glucose
Elevated protein in CSF
Partially treated bacterial meningitis
Jugular foramen syndrome
Froin syndrome
Gram positive sepsis
Parents
Meningitis
Local infection
Childhood infections
Description
"Mortality >70% if untreated"
Type item name:
Sanjay Manohar
2006