Acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: an evidence-based review.
Community-acquired bacterial meningitis is still a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Clinicians should know how to quickly diagnose it, perform a lumbar puncture, order the necessary tests, and start appropriate empiric therapy promptly.
Section of Neurologic Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Disease, G21, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. bhimraa@ccf.org
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