Community-acquired Purulent Meningitis in Adults

Rym Abid, Souha Hannachi (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

60 Seiten

2025
Our Knowledge Publishing (Verlag)
978-620-8-25286-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

DR RYM ABID, born 10/06/1979 in Tunisia, infectious diseases physician, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Tunis Faculty of Medicine. Practicing in the Infectious Diseases Department of the Tunis Military Hospital.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 95 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Antibiotic • Bacteria • Meningitis • Spinal Tap
• ISBN-10: 620-8-25286-5 / 6208252865
• ISBN-13: 978-620-8-25286-1 / 9786208252861
• Zustand: Neuware