Bacterial meningitis

Introduction: Bacterial meningitis

Description of Bacterial meningitis

Bacterial meningitis (medical condition): A bacterial infection which results in inflammation of the meninges of the brain. The meninges are the membranes that ...more

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Bacterial meningitis: bacterial infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space, frequently involving the cerebral cortex, cranial nerves, cerebral blood vessels, spinal cord and nerve roots; causative organism varies with age and clinical status (eg, postoperative, immunodeficient, posttraumatic states); clinical manifestations include the acute onset of fever, stiff neck, altered mentation, seizures, and focal neurologic deficits; death may occur within 24 hours of disease onset; pathologic features include a purulent exudate in the subarachnoid space, and diffuse inflammation of neural and vascular structures.
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Bacterial meningitis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Bacterial meningitis:

• Bacterial
• Bacterial disease
• Meningitis (160 causes)
• Meningitis symptoms
• Leptomeninges
• Subarachnoid
• Space
• Cerebral
• Cerebral disease
• Cortex

Bacterial meningitis as a Disease

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Bacterial meningitis: Related Diseases

Bacterial meningitis: Bacterial meningitis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Meningitis
• Bacterial diseases
• Brain conditions
• Vaccine-preventable diseases
• Brain infection
• Diseases contagious from droplets
• Diseases contagious from saliva
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Head conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Child health conditions

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Bacterial meningitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Bacterial meningitis:

• bacterial infection of the meninges
• acute bacterial meningitis
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• S pneumoniae
• Neisseria meningitidis
• N meningitidis
• Haemophilus influenzae type b
• Hib
• H influenzae
• community-acquired bacterial meningitis
• conjugate pneumococcal vaccine
• conjugate meningococcal vaccine

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Broader terms for Bacterial meningitis

• bacterial disease
• infectious meningitis

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The term Bacterial meningitis can be used for:

• meningococcal meningitis

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Other terms that may be related to Bacterial meningitis:

• Listeria
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Streptococcus agalactiae
• Streptococcus pneumoniae

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