Meningitis: How long to treat bacterial meningitis. Lancet, 1993, 341(8844): 530.O'Neill P. How long to treat bacterial meningitis. Lancet 1993;341:530.O’Neill P. How long to treat bacterial meningitis. Lancet 1993; 341: 530–2
Teens can be exposed to meningitis in high school or in college dorms. Learn what to do to prevent your child from getting sick during an outbreak.
Rapid diagnostic testing and treatment are essential for improving patient outcomes, particularly for cases of such diseases as bacterial sepsis, toxic shock syndrome, and bacterial meningitis, where early disease recognition, microbial identification, and AMR profile determination are essential8,9,10. The...
Among the things that cross-disciplinary research consortia do is to produce a scientific consensus and purvey it for a period of time through mass media in order to serve the varied (and often conflicting) demands and interests of other institutions and the general public around a particular iss...
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial meningitis. To reduce swelling intravenous antibiotic consisting of corticosteroid can be prescribed before test results are produced. Immunization can help prevent certain forms of bacterial meningitis. Vaccines that prevent against Hib, pneumococcus and meningococcal ...
A sore throat that does not respond to initial medical treatment may be a sign of another cause. For example: mononucleosis (a sexually transmitted disease), tumors in the throat, meningitis, or acid reflux. See your doctor if you have been treated for strep throat and it has not improved...
Most sore throats will go away on their own as your body expels the virus. However, if you havestrep throat, that’s a bacterial infection, and you should get antibiotics. Strep throat symptoms A doctor will test you for strep throat if you have a sore throat, as well as: ...
With few exceptions in extremely rare circumstances, such as sign of raised intracranial pressure, a lumbar puncture must be performed whenever the diagnosis of meningitis is suspected in a child. It serves to confirm a diagnosis of purulent meningitis, to identify the bacteria and to test its se...
Is there a cure for Japanese encephalitis? Who treats encephalitis? Why are bacterial encephalitis and meningitis difficult to treat? How is a viral disease diagnosed? How is Chagas disease diagnosed? How long does the rabies virus last outside the body?
Symptoms may be more severe in debilitated, elderly patients or pregnant women. People who are unable to replace their fluids and develop signs of dehydration need medical care. Most people have a mild illness that lasts two to three days. In contrast to bacterial diarrheas, such as those ca...