Acute Versus Subacute Community-Acquired Meningitis: Analysis of 611 Adult Patients
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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: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw172.878