Patient's question:
Two-month-old baby with fever diagnosed with purulent meningitis. 1.4 underwent lumbar puncture with white blood cells at 900 and protein at 7451.7. Transferred from IPU to general ward with white blood cells at 3, protein at 500, and glucose at 2.41. 1.19 baby with recurrent fever due to purulent meningitis, infection present?Doctor's answer:
Purulent meningitis is purulent meningitis, which is a serious intracranial infection and is often coexistent with purulent encephalitis or brain abscess. The most common pathogens of purulent meningitis are meningococcus, pneumococcus, and Haemophilus influenzae B, followed by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Proteus, anaerobic bacteria, Salmonella, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas aeruginosa).