Bacterial meningitis
From Descipher Health
Description: An infection of the outer surface of the brain and spinal cord.
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Synonyms
purulent meningitis, pyogenic meningitis, suppurative meningitis
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Cause
- Enterobacter aerogenes
- Escherichia coli
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Proteus morganii
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Population Distribution
Risk factors:
- acute pharyngitis
- AIDS
- alcohol abuse
- bacterial endocarditis
- boarding school
- brain surgery
- college dormitory
- congenital spinal abnormality
- congenital uninary tract abnormality
- day care center
- diabetes mellitus
- head trauma
- military base
- Native American
- otitis media
- pneumonia
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- sinusitis
- upper respiratory infection
- urinary tract infection
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Effects
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Symptoms
- chills
- confusion
- fever
- headache
- irritability
- nausea
- neck pain
- neck stiffness
- light sensitivity
- poor appetite
- rash
- seizures
- vomiting
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Signs
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Diagnostic Tests
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Differential Diagnosis
- adenovirus
- arbovirus
- aseptic meningitis
- bacterial endocarditis
- Behcet's disease
- brain abscess
- brucellosis
- cancer
- coronavirus
- cytomegalovirus
- entervirus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- fungal infection
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- herpes simplex virus
- influenza virus
- Kawasaki disease
- lead toxicity
- leptospirosis
- leukemia
- Lyme disease
- lymphocryptovirus
- lymphoma
- migraine
- multiple sclerosis
- mycobacterial infection
- parainfluenza virus
- parasitic infection
- rabies virus
- rhinovirus
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- rotavirus
- sarcoidosis
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- subdural empyema
- syphilis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- varicella zoster virus
- viral infection
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Treatment
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Expected Outcome
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Prevention
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Medical References
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External Links
Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=3436)
