TY - CHAP AU - Sónia Costa AU - Ana Valverde ED - George Wireko-Brobby Y1 - 2012-03-30 PY - 2012 T1 - Treatment of Adult Meningitis and Complications N2 - Meningitis is a medical emergency requiring a rapid diagnosis and an immediate transfer to an institution supplied with appropriate antibiotic and supportive measures. This book aims to provide general practitioners, paediatricians, and specialist physicians with an essential text written in an accessible language, and also to highlight the differences in pathogenesis and causative agents of meningitis in the developed and the developing world. BT - Meningitis SP - Ch. 16 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/29815 DO - 10.5772/29815 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -