Community-acquired Purulent Meningitis in Adults

Rym Abid

ISBN 10: 6208252865 / ISBN 13: 9786208252861

Edité par KS Omniscriptum Publishing Mär 2025, 2025

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency due to its high morbidity and mortality. It is less frequent than viral meningitis, but more serious. Mortality can reach 20% in the acute phase, and sequelae affect around 30% of patients. The diagnosis of purulent meningitis should be suspected on initial clinical examination, in the presence of fever associated with signs of neuromeningeal damage requiring rapid and appropriate management. Community-acquired purulent meningitis is defined as an infectious syndrome with cloudy cerebrospinal fluid on lumbar puncture. The main germs responsible for community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults are Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.pneumoniae) and Neisseria meningitidis (N.meningitidis).In recent years, several authors have reported a change in the epidemiological profile of bacterial meningitis following the introduction of new vaccines. These changes have influenced recommendations for the management of this serious disease.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 60 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Community-acquired Purulent Meningitis in Adults
• Éditeur: KS Omniscriptum Publishing Mär 2025
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 6208252865
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9786208252861
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 220 L x 150 H x 4 P (en millimètres) 220 millimètres de largeur par 150 millimètres de hauteur par 4 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 107 grammes

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Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency due to its high morbidity and mortality. It is less frequent than viral meningitis, but more serious. Mortality can reach 20% in the acute phase, and sequelae affect around 30% of patients. The diagnosis of purulent meningitis should be suspected on initial clinical examination, in the presence of fever associated with signs of neuromeningeal damage requiring rapid and appropriate management. Community-acquired purulent meningitis is defined as an infectious syndrome with cloudy cerebrospinal fluid on lumbar puncture. The main germs responsible for community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults are Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.pneumoniae) and Neisseria meningitidis (N.meningitidis).In recent years, several authors have reported a change in the epidemiological profile of bacterial meningitis following the introduction of new vaccines. These changes have influenced recommendations for the management of this serious disease.