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ArticleMedizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin2016

[Bacterial meningitis in adults in emergency and rescue services].

M Klein, H-W Pfister

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Article in Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M KleinZentrale Notaufnahme, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland. matthias.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de.
H-W PfisterNeurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cardinal symptoms of bacterial meningitis are headache, fever, impaired consciousness and nuchal stiffness (meningism); however, the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis can only be confirmed or ruled out by investigation of cerebrospinal fluid. The recommended empirical antibiotic regimen for community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in adults in Germany is a combination of ceftriaxone and ampicillin plus adjuvant dexamethasone. An important influenceable factor for treatment success of acute bacterial meningitis is a rapid induction of antibiotic therapy, which must be initiated directly after lumbar puncture. When this is delayed for any reason, e. g. because of the necessity of cerebral computed tomography imaging before lumbar puncture, antibiotics should be started even before acquisition of cerebrospinal fluid.

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Emergency Service, HospitalAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsEmergenciesGermanyHumansMeningitis, BacterialSpinal PunctureAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial meningitisListeria monocytogenesLumbar punctureNeisseria meningitidisStreptococcus pneumoniae

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PMID27600937
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