can be contagious, and people with weak immune systems are especially vulnerable. Some types of meningitis are not contagious (spread from person to person). Meningitis is an inflammation or infection of the meninges, the protective layers of tissue between the brain and the skull. You can take...
Medical conditions such as meningitis How do you know if you have photophobia? It is important to be able to recognise the symptoms of photophobia so that you can seek the correct treatment as soon as possible. The most obvious symptom is the sun or bright indoor lights causing discomfort. ...
Increased risk of infection of the brain or the covering of your brain and spinal cord (encephalitis or meningitis) caused by herpes viruses that may lead to death. Symptoms include sudden fever, severe headache, or confusion. Infection of the eye caused by herpes viruses leading to blindness ...
TB PCR in the early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis: evaluation of the Roche semi-automated COBAS Amplicor MTB test with reference to the manual Amplic... Setting: Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa. Objective: To assess the role of the semi-automat...
While non-treponemal tests are inexpensive and easy to use, they are prone tofalse-positiveresults (meaning that they may say you have syphilis even if you don't). Because of this, a positive result needs to be confirmed with a second, costlier test.5 ...
In tuberculous meningitis (TBM) the paucibacillary nature of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and low sample volume pose a major challenge, especially in young children and low volume samples are often refused by the laboratory. To understand the significance of sample volume, all CSF samples from ...
By synthesising data and evidence, mathematical models can be used to identify areas of greater uncertainty or influence. They can also estimate the under-reporting of incidence in an outbreak; epidemics of meningitis have occurred in the African meningitis belt for more than 100 years but, whilst...
How do I perform a lumbar puncture and analyze the results to diagnose bacterial meningitis? JAMA 2006; 296: 2012-2022.How do I perform a lumbar puncture and analyze the results to diagnose bacterial meningitis?. Straus Sharon E,Thorpe Kevin E,Holroyd-Leduc Jayna. JAMA : the journal of the...
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 ...
Meningitis:Meningitis is inflammation or an infection of the meninges (the protective lining around the brain). It causes headaches, fevers, and neck stiffness. A lumbar puncture can usually identify signs of inflammation or infection so that you can be treated for meningitis. ...