State-of-the-Art Microbiologic Testing for Community-Acquired Meningitis and Encephalitis

Title : State - of - the - Art Microbiologic Testing for Community - acquired Meningitis 1 and Encephalitis 2 Running title : Microbiologic Testing for Community - acquired Meningitis

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 ...

Severe community-acquired meningitis

Introduction Community-acquired meningitis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The epidemiology of communityacquired meningitis has changed over the past 15 years with the use of new vaccines and with the development of resistance to antibiotics. Bacterial meningitis would appear to be the most frequent by far, but most viral aetiologies are very often poorly recognized. The annual...

[Microbiologic diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in adults].

Microbiological analysis allows us to identify the etiology of pneumonia and its in vitro susceptibility pattern. Antibiotic treatment directed against a known pathogen enables us to narrow antibacterial spectrum of action, and to reduce costs, drug adverse effects risk and antibiotic resistance. However it is unnecessary to perform extended microbiological studies in all patients with communit...

Community acquired Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in adults.

We present 9 patients with community acquired Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. Foci of infection outside the central nervous system were present in 8 (89%) patients, mostly endocarditis and pneumonia. Cardiorespiratory complications occurred frequently and 6 patients died (67%). Identification and treatment of the primary focus of infection should be a priority in these patients.