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Oct 20, 2021 · Treatment of bacterial meningitis requires hospitalization. Infants receive antibiotics intravenously, which may be necessary for 14–21 days depending on the bacteria that has caused the...
Among older infants and children, the mortality rate with bacterial meningitis is approximately 5 to 15% (1, 2), and neurologic morbidity (eg, sensorineural hearing loss, intellectual disability, spasticity and paresis, seizure disorder) occurs in 15 to 25% (3). Sensorineural deafness is most common after pneumococcal meningitis.
Nov 11, 2020 · Introduction. Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a life-threatening bacterial infection of the meninges.
- Zain Alamarat, Rodrigo Hasbun
- 2020
Bacterial meningitis in infants is a serious infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space. Infants may present with nonspecific symptoms and signs (eg, lethargy, irritability, poor feeding, fever or hypothermia). Diagnosis is by cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
Jun 1, 2024 · Although vaccination and antimicrobial treatment have significantly impacted the frequency and outcomes of meningitis in children, meningitis remains a critical can’t-miss diagnosis for children, where early recognition and appropriate treatment can improve survival and neurologic outcomes.
Jul 1, 2017 · OBJECTIVES: The pathogens that cause bacterial meningitis in infants and their antimicrobial susceptibilities may have changed in this era of increasing antimicrobial resistance, use of conjugated vaccines, and maternal antibiotic prophylaxis for group B Streptococcus (GBS).
With treatment, prognosis is determined by birth weight, organism, and clinical severity. Mortality rate for treated neonatal bacterial meningitis is 5 to 20%. For organisms that cause vasculitis or brain abscess (necrotizing meningitis), the mortality rate may approach 75%.
