Treatments for Bacterial meningitis

Treatment list for Bacterial meningitis: The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Bacterial meningitis includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

• Emergency hospitalization
• Antibiotics

Treatments of Bacterial meningitis discussion: Bacterial meningitis can be treated with a number of effective antibiotics. It is important, however, that treatment be started early in the course of the disease. Appropriate antibiotic treatment of most common types of bacterial meningitis should reduce the risk of dying from meningitis to below 15%, although the risk is higher among the elderly.¹

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Meningococcal Disease (General): DBMD

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