Meningitis
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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[edit | edit source]
- According to the course
- acute meningitis;
- chronic meningitis.
- According to etiology
- infectious meningitis;
- viral meningitis;
- bacterial meningitis;
- non-infectious.
Clinical units[edit | edit source]
- purulent meningitis
- (acute) serous meningitis;
- tuberculosis meningitis.
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Links[edit | edit source]
Related articles[edit | edit source]
- Meningeal signs • Meningeal syndrome
- Viral meningitis • Serous meningitis and meningoencephalitis • Herpetic meningoencephalitis • Encephalopathy
External links[edit | edit source]
- Notes on infectious diseases – MUDr.Hanuš Rozsypal
References[edit | edit source]
- CASPER, Dennis, Eugene BRAUNWALD a Anthony FAUCI, et al. Harrison´s Manual of Medicine. 16. vydání. New York : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005. 1016 s.
