RT Book, Section
A1 Nigrovic, Lise E.
A1 Lelyveld, Steven
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105683168
T1 Meningitis and Other Central Nervous System Infections
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182926-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105683168
RD 2024/04/19
AB In  the  era  of  widespread  conjugate  vaccines,  most  children  have  aseptic,  not  bacterial  meningitis.  Enteroviruses  are  the  major  viral  pathogen  with  yearly  peaks  in  the  summer.  In  endemic  regions,  Lyme  meningitis  has  been  increasingly  common.Empiric  antibiotic  coverage  while  awaiting  results  of  bacterial  cultures  should  cover  the  most  likely  pathogens  for  patients  with  suspected  bacterial  meningitis.Validated  clinical  decision  rules  can  be  used  to  identify  children  at  low  risk  for  bacterial  meningitis  and,  in  endemic  regions,  Lyme  meningitis.