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The impact of new diagnostic methodologies in the management of meningitis in adults at a teaching hospital

Author(s) -

David Chadwick

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

qjm

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427

H-Index - 118

eISSN - 1460-2725

pISSN - 1460-2393

DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/95.10.663

Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , viral meningitis , lumbar puncture , pediatrics , antibiotics , etiology , audit , retrospective cohort study , neisseria meningitidis , intensive care medicine , bacterial meningitis , cerebrospinal fluid , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , management , genetics , bacteria

Suspected meningitis is a frequent reason for admission to hospital in the UK. While bacterial meningitis requires prompt antibiotic therapy to reduce mortality and morbidity, enteroviral meningitis, the most frequent viral cause, is almost invariably a benign disease.

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