eMedicine Staphylococcal Meningitis (Health/Neurological_Disorders)
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Description: Dr. Lawrence Zumo reports on this form of bacterial meningitis infection often linked... to neurosurgery, trauma, and compromised immune system.Staphylococcal Meningitis Meningitis due to Staphylococcus aureus accounts for 19% of cases of bacterial meningitis and is associated with mortality rates of 1477%. It usually is associated with neurosurgical interventions (such as cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] shunts), trauma, or underlying conditions such as malignancy, decubitus ulcers, cellulitis, infected intravascular grafts, chronic alcoholism, diabetes mellitus, osteomyelitis, or perirectal abscess. It is uncommon in immunocompetent individuals in the absence of focal infection (eg, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, parameningeal infection, psoas or
Specializes in: staphylococcal meningitis viral meningitis immunocompromise bacterial meningitis cerebrospinal fluid shunt coma antistaphylococcal antibiotics...