community acquired meningitis

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease with high mortality and disability rates, despite availability of antibiotics and adjunctive therapy with dexamethasone. Several risk factors and predisposing conditions have been identified that increase susceptibility for bacterial meningitis. Such risk factors can consist of medical conditions resulting in immunodeficiency, host g...

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community integration for after acquired brain injury: a literature review

Journal: :iranian rehabilitation journal 0

shahriar parvaneh department of occupational therapy, university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, tehran, iran, school of occupational therapy and social work, curtin university, perth, australia. setareh ghahari department of occupational therapy, university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, tehran, iran, school of rehabilitation therapy, queen’s university, kingston, canada. errol cocks school of occupational therapy and social work, curtin university, perth, australia.

objectives: this paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (abi) with a focus on abi burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. methods: literature review results: acquired brain injury (abi) is referred to a diverse range of disabilities resulted of injury in different parts of the brain. people with abi a...

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Community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in the elderly in Turkey.

Journal: :Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2010

H Erdem S Kilic O Coskun Y Ersoy A Cagatay P Onguru S Alp

This investigation aimed both to delineate the current status of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis and to produce data on the interrelationships between clinical, laboratory and therapeutic parameters in the elderly. This retrospective cohort study was conducted in 28 Turkish institutions in 159 culture-positive patients over the age of 50 years. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the mos...

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing meningitis in The Netherlands, 1993-1994.

Journal: :The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1996

R H Enting L Spanjaard D van de Beek E F Hensen J de Gans J Dankert

The increasing antimicrobial resistance among pathogens frequently isolated from patients with bacterial meningitis formed the rationale to perform a surveillance study to determine the prevalence of resistance in The Netherlands. Haemophilus influenzae strains (n = 316) isolated from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), 1125 meningococcal strains isolated from blood or CSF and 398 pneumococcal strains i...

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Hyponatraemia in adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis.

Journal: :QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians 2007

M C Brouwer D van de Beek S G B Heckenberg L Spanjaard J de Gans

BACKGROUND Hyponatraemia in adults with bacterial meningitis has been described as a common complication, but its true prevalence and clinical importance are unknown. AIM To investigate the prevalence, clinical characteristics and consequences of hyponatraemia in bacterial meningitis in adults. DESIGN Nationwide observational cohort study. METHODS We prospectively assessed the prevalence ...

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