When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Diagnosing meningitis (inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord) is the most common reason for a lumbar puncture. Meningitis causes a stiff neck, sudden high fever ...

Performing a lumbar puncture on neonates with possible neonatal sepsis, meningitis, or both is the key to successful outcomes for these infants, according to the results of an Italian study.

coli meningitis despite our recommendation to ... Not all infants with UTI were the subjects of blood culture and lumbar puncture; thus the true incidence of CSF pleocytosis accompanying UTI ...