Acute bacterial meningitis. Topic review

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Published: 1982-12-15

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Trujillo S., H., & Bustos G., Álvaro. (1982). Acute bacterial meningitis. Topic review. Medicina UPB, 1(3), 49-58. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/6617
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Hugo Trujillo S.
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Álvaro Bustos G.
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Abstract

Antibiotherapy has made possible the low rate of bacterial meningitis mortality. Intensive care units have helped as well in their management. The most frequently encountered germs have been described or listed. Some of diagnostic tests and some’s therapeutically approaches have been proposed, according to the etiology of the disease.

Keywords:
Acute bacterial meningitis, Antibiotics, therapy

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Hugo Trujillo S., Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas

Researcher at the Biological Research Corporation and Professor of Pediatrics, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

Álvaro Bustos G., Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas

Research Association of the Biological Research Corporation, Medellín Colombia.

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