title: [Acute purulent meningitis: a clinical and therapeutic update].
abstract: A brief overview of the epidemiological and microbiological profile of acute bacterial meningitis during late nineties is outlined, as a basis for an update of the most relevant diagnostic and therapeutic features of this disease, in the different life ages.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Università, Bologna.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manfredi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Meningiti acute purulente: attualità cliniche e terapeutiche.