Meningitis resident survival guide

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Niloofarsadaat Eshaghhosseiny, MD[2]

Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

• Bacterial
• Viral
• Fungal

Common Causes

Bacterial:

• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Neisseria meningitis
• Hemophilus influenza
• Group B streptococcus
• Listeria monocytogenes

Viral:

• Enteroviruses
• Herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2
• Arboviruses

Fungal:

• Cryptococcus neoformans
• Aspergillus sp.
• Blastomyces dermatitidis
• Coccidioides immitis
• Candida spp.
• Histoplasma capsulatum
• Sporothrix schencki

Do's

• The content in this section is in bullet points.

Don'ts

suspicion for bacterial meningitis

yes