Bacterial meningitis

Bacterial meningitis is meningitis caused by bacteria. It is almost always fatal without antibiotics.

Symptoms of bacterial meningitis

• High fever
• Seizures
• Altered mental status (including changes in attention)
• Stiff neck
• Headache
• Emesis
• Bulging fontnalles

Treatment

Treatment for bacterial meningitis consists of IV antibiotics.

Bacterial Meningitis Media

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  Neck stiffness, Texas meningitis epidemic of 1911–12

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  Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman developed severe meningococcal meningitis as a young child; in her case, the petechial rash progressed to gangrene and required amputation of all limbs. She survived the disease and became a poster child for a meningitis vaccination campaign in New Zealand.

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  Streptococcus pneumoniae—a causative bacterium of meningitis (illustration)

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  Cloudy CSF from a person with meningitis due to Streptococcus

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  Gram stain of meningococci from a culture showing Gram negative (pink) bacteria, often in pairs

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  Histopathology of bacterial meningitis: autopsy case of a person with pneumococcal meningitis showing inflammatory infiltrates of the pia mater consisting of neutrophil granulocytes (inset, higher magnification).

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  Structural formula of ceftriaxone, one of the third-generation cefalosporin antibiotics recommended for the initial treatment of bacterial meningitis.

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  Disability-adjusted life year for meningitis per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.*Template:Legend-col*

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  Demography of meningococcal meningitis.     meningitis belt     epidemic zones     sporadic cases only

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  Deaths from meningitis per million people in 2012 Template:Legend-col