Meningitis, Bacterial

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Test:

CSF M/C/S (+), CSF glucose (L), CSF turbidity (+), CSF cells (H-VH), CSF protein (H), blood cul­ture (+ or -), S.LDH (H), WCC (H), U.protein (+), CSF pressure (H)

Sign:

Brudzinski's sign, .Cheyne-Stokes respiration.Kernig's sign, neck stiffness, opisthotonos (spina­l), papilloedema, Rinne's test

Dd:

Aseptic meningitis, empyema, cerebral abscess..other febrile conditions, trauma, dehydration, TB, lead encephalopathy, drugs

Phys:

Infection of meninges, by Streptococcus pneu moniae, Neisseria rneningitidis, Haemophilus in­fluenzae or other bacteria causing fever, head­ache, lethargy, confusion, neck stiffness and nau­sea. Disseminated intravascular clotting a dan­gerous complication