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DOMINGO, ABIGAIL
EVANGELISTA, DEITHER
FELICIANO. JUBELENE
GUMULON, ALEXIS NICOLE
UPPAL, GAGAN DEEP
RICAFRENTE, DHARLEEN
SALINAS, NICA
SUNER, KERBY JANE
TERENCIO, MAJELLA
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
Mode of Transmission
Transmitted from person to
through droplets of respiratory or
throat secretions.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
• Early meningitis symptoms may mimic the flu (influenza).
Symptoms may develop over several hours or over a few days.
• Possible signs and symptoms in anyone older than the age of 2
include:
- Sudden high fever - Seizures
- Stiff neck - Sleepiness or difficulty waking
- Severe headache that - Sensitivity to light
seems different than normal - No appetite or thirst
- Headache with nausea or vomiting
- Confusion or difficulty concentrating
- Skin rash (sometimes, such as in meningococcal meningitis)
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE
• Bacterial Meningitis can be diagnose based on a Medical
History, Physical Exam and certain Diagnostic Tests.
• It may check for signs of infection around the head, ears,
throat and the skin along the spine.
• The physical exam will conduct.
• Will also check the neck for stiffness and will exam hip and
knee flexion.
Brudzinski Sign
Severe neck stiffness causes a patient’s hips and knee to flex when
the neck is flexed.
Kernig’s Sign
Severe stiffness of the hamstring’s causes and inability to straigthen
the leg when the hip is flexed to 90 degrees (due to pain).
MAY UNDERGO THESE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC
PROCEDURE
Blood Culture
Blood samples are placed in a special dish to see if it grows
Bacterial:
Steroids then Antibiotic - steroids prevents injury to leptominingles.
Drugs - antivirals, antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic.
Vaccine – neisseria meningitidis, disseminated tuberculosis.
Prophylatic Antibiotics – avoid outbreaks.
THANK YOU!
QUIZ
1-3 Give the 3 Diagnostic Procedure
4-7 Give the 4 possible Treatment for the Baterial Meningitis
8-12 Give atleast 5 Signs and Symptoms for Bacterial Meningitis
13-15 Give atleast 3 different age group that has common
causes of bacterial meningitis.
ANSWERS
1-3 Blood Culture, Imaging, Spinal Tap
4-7 Steroid then Anitbiotic, Drugs, Vaccine, Prophylatic Antibiotics
8-12
Sudden high fever
Stiff neck
Severe headache that seems different than normal
Headache with nausea or vomiting
Confusion or difficulty concentrating
Seizures
Sleepiness or difficulty waking
Sensitivity to light
No appetite or thirst
Skin rash (sometimes, such as in meningococcal meningitis)
13-15 Newborns, Babies and Children, Teens and Young Adult, Older Adults