title: The effect of antibiotic therapy before admission to hospital on recognition of the causative organism in acute bacterial meningitis.
abstract: A large series of patients with acute bacterial meningitis has been reviewed in order to determine whether antibiotic treatment before admission to hospital adversely affects recognition of the causal organisms. Although bacteria were identified less often in those who had had pre-admission antibiotics compared with those who had not, the difference was not statistically significant.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents