Acute versus subacute community-acquired meningitis
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Acute community-acquired meningitis and encephalitis.
ACUTE MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS are medical emergencies that require prompt assessment and treatment.1 We discuss these diseases in the community setting, in the absence of immunocompromised states such as AIDS. Both diseases usually manifest with acute severe headache (often described as the worst ever) and fever. Early distinction between the two conditions is critical, as their management ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000007984