Meningitis

Meningitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory disease of the soft meninges, leptomeninx (arachnoidea and pia mater).

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  Occurrence of meningitis (WHO 2004)
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  Meningeal symptom - perverted head
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  Neisseria meningitidis – microscopy

Distribution

According to the course

• acute meningitis;
• chronic meningitis.

According to etiology

• infectious meningitis;

• viral meningitis;
• bacterial meningitis;

• non-infectious.

Clinical units

• purulent meningitis
• (acute) serous meningitis;
• tuberculosis meningitis.

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Links

Related articles

• Meningeal signs • Meningeal syndrome
• Viral meningitis • Serous meningitis and meningoencephalitis • Herpetic meningoencephalitis • Encephalopathy

External links

• Meningitis ( wikipedie)

• Notes on infectious diseases – MUDr.Hanuš Rozsypal

References

• CASPER, Dennis, Eugene BRAUNWALD a Anthony FAUCI, et al. Harrison´s Manual of Medicine. 16. vydání. New York : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005. 1016 s.