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Bacterial meningitis : clinical characteristics, modes of transmission and treatment options [E-Book]

Contributor(s): Series: Allergies and infectious diseasesPublisher: New York : Nova Biomedical, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781634632430
  • 1634632435
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Contents:
Chapter I: Post-Meningitis Deafness and Cochlear Implantation; Abstract; Introduction; Objective; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter II: Red Flag Sign of Bacterial Meningitis in Children: A Study at a Single Center in Japan of Pre-Vaccine Era; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Result.
DiscussionConclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter III: Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis in Adults: Comprehensive Reviewand Successful Therapy with Ampicillin and Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient; Abstract; Introduction; Epidemiology; Risk Factors; Clinical Manifestations; Diagnosis; Antimicrobial Therapy; Surgical Intervention; Clinical Outcome; Case Presentation; Conclusion; References; Chapter IV: Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Klebsiella pneumoniae Meningitisin Adult Patients; Abstract; Introduction; Underlying Predisposing Factors.
PathogenesisClinical Manifestations; Diagnosis; Treatment and Outcome; Conclusion; References; Chapter V: Complications and Long-Term Prognosis of Bacterial Meningitis; Abstract; Introduction; Complications of Bacterial Meningitis; Neurological Complicationsof Bacterial Meningitis; Incidence; Impaired Mental Status; Cerebral Edema and IncreasedIntracranial Pressure; Seizures; Subdural Collections; Cerebritis and Cerebral Abscess; Hydrocephalus; Focal NeurologicAL Deficits(Hearing Impairment, Cranial NervePalsies, Hemiparesis or Quadriparesis); Hemiparesis or Quadriparesis.
Cerebrovascular AbnormalitiesVentriculitis; Neuropsychological Impairmentand Developmental Disability; Hypothalamic Dysfunction; Unusual Complications; Surgical Treatment of NeurologicalComplications of Bacterial Meningitis; Long-Term Prognosis of BacterialMeningitis; Mortality/Morbidity; Risk Factors for Adverse Outcome; Further Research; References; Blank Page; Index.
Summary: Despite advances in medical care, improvement of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory therapy and worldwide immunization programs, bacterial meningitis is still responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. A worldwide reported mortality rate from bacterial meningitis continue to be high, ranging between 2% to 30%. Twenty percent of survivors develop neurological sequelae. During the last decades, the disease epidemiology has changed dramatically in the countries that implemented the conjugate vaccines against the most common meningeal pathogens.
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Chapter I: Post-Meningitis Deafness and Cochlear Implantation; Abstract; Introduction; Objective; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter II: Red Flag Sign of Bacterial Meningitis in Children: A Study at a Single Center in Japan of Pre-Vaccine Era; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Result.

DiscussionConclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter III: Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis in Adults: Comprehensive Reviewand Successful Therapy with Ampicillin and Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient; Abstract; Introduction; Epidemiology; Risk Factors; Clinical Manifestations; Diagnosis; Antimicrobial Therapy; Surgical Intervention; Clinical Outcome; Case Presentation; Conclusion; References; Chapter IV: Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Klebsiella pneumoniae Meningitisin Adult Patients; Abstract; Introduction; Underlying Predisposing Factors.

PathogenesisClinical Manifestations; Diagnosis; Treatment and Outcome; Conclusion; References; Chapter V: Complications and Long-Term Prognosis of Bacterial Meningitis; Abstract; Introduction; Complications of Bacterial Meningitis; Neurological Complicationsof Bacterial Meningitis; Incidence; Impaired Mental Status; Cerebral Edema and IncreasedIntracranial Pressure; Seizures; Subdural Collections; Cerebritis and Cerebral Abscess; Hydrocephalus; Focal NeurologicAL Deficits(Hearing Impairment, Cranial NervePalsies, Hemiparesis or Quadriparesis); Hemiparesis or Quadriparesis.

Cerebrovascular AbnormalitiesVentriculitis; Neuropsychological Impairmentand Developmental Disability; Hypothalamic Dysfunction; Unusual Complications; Surgical Treatment of NeurologicalComplications of Bacterial Meningitis; Long-Term Prognosis of BacterialMeningitis; Mortality/Morbidity; Risk Factors for Adverse Outcome; Further Research; References; Blank Page; Index.

Despite advances in medical care, improvement of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory therapy and worldwide immunization programs, bacterial meningitis is still responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. A worldwide reported mortality rate from bacterial meningitis continue to be high, ranging between 2% to 30%. Twenty percent of survivors develop neurological sequelae. During the last decades, the disease epidemiology has changed dramatically in the countries that implemented the conjugate vaccines against the most common meningeal pathogens.

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