Treatment of Adult Meningitis and Complications
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The most common and often most severe forms of meningitis are due to infections, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Noninfectious causes of meningitis include primary inflammatory syndromes such as vasculitis and connective tissue disease, neoplasms of solid tumor and hematologic forms, and chemical irritants including certain medications, subarachnoid blood, and biologic matter spilling into CSF from tumors.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012