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1 Μαΐ 2016 · The guideline is aimed at providing guidance in daily practice for diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in hospitals. The conclusions of the guideline provide up-to-date scientific evidence for best medical practice.
31 Μαΐ 2024 · Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency, and immediate steps must be taken to establish the specific cause and initiate effective therapy. The mortality rate of bacterial meningitis approaches 100 percent and, even with optimal therapy, there is a high failure rate.
Keywords: Antibiotic; ESCMID; Neisseria meningitidis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; bacterial meningitis; guideline. Publication types Practice Guideline
1 Νοε 2004 · The initial treatment approach to the patient with suspected acute bacterial meningitis depends on early recognition of the meningitis syndrome, rapid diagnostic evaluation, and emergent antimicrobial and adjunctive therapy .
8 Αυγ 2023 · Patients with bacterial meningitis due to head trauma or post-neurosurgical procedure need to be covered for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and aerobic gram-negative organisms. They should receive vancomycin and ceftazidime or cefepime.
1 Σεπ 2017 · Dexamethasone should be administered to children and adults with suspected bacterial meningitis before or at the time of initiation of antibiotics. Vaccination against the most common...
We provide recommendations for empirical antimicrobial and adjunctive treatments for clinical subgroups and review available laboratory methods in making the etiological diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.
