[When should you suspect meningitis?].
Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening disease with a high mortality if left untreated. School-age children, adolescents and adults often present with typical symptoms such as fever, headache, neck stiffness and altered mental status, whereas infants show rather unspecific symptoms.The important task of the primary physician is to recognize the life-threatening condition in time and to refer the patient immediately to the next hospital.
Huwendiek
Sören
S
Universitätsklinik für, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Heidelberg. Soeren.Huwendiek@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Steiner
Thorsten
T
Tönshoff
Burkhard
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010808:Physical Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents