New guidelines for management and prevention of meningococcal disease in Australia

Autor:	Charles Watson, Robert J Condon, Angela Merianos, Richard R Doherty, Peter Collignon, Mahomed Patel, Gregory J Stewart
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Lumbar puncture Incidence (epidemiology) Neisseria meningitidis General Medicine Guideline Meningococcal disease medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Surgery Bacterial vaccine Epidemiology Medicine business Intensive care medicine Meningitis
Zdroj:	Medical Journal of Australia. 166:598-601
ISSN:	1326-5377 0025-729X
DOI:	10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb123273.x
Popis:	The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in Australia has increased over the past decade, and in April 1997 the National Health and Medical Research Council published guidelines for management of patients with meningococcal disease and their contacts. These guidelines emphasise the need for immediate intravenous antibiotic treatment of patients with suspected meningococcal disease, before transfer to hospital or lumbar puncture. When possible, blood for culture should be collected before antibiotic therapy, if this does not delay treatment.
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