Clinical features and prognostic factors in adults with bacterial meningitis
van de Beek D;de Gans J;Spanjaard L;Weisfelt M;Reitsma JB;Vermeulen M;;
The New England journal of medicine2004Vol. 351pp. -
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Abstract
In adults presenting with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis, the sensitivity of the classic triad of fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status is low, but almost all present with at least two of the four symptoms of headache, fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status. The m …