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Why is meningitis caused by bacteria difficult to treat with antibiotics?
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∙ 12y ago
Bacterial meningitis is a serious condition where bacteria gets to the bloodstream and eventually to the spinal cord and the brain. It causes inflammation of the protective membranes in the brain and spinal cord.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 12y agoBacterial meningitis is rare, but is usually serious and can be life-threatening if not treated right away. Infections most often spread between people who are in close contact, such as those who live together or people who are exposed by kissing or sharing eating utensils. Casual contact at school or work with someone who has one of these infections usually will not transmit the infectious agent.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. The complications of bacterial meningitis can be severe and include neurological problems such as hearing loss, visual impairment, seizures, and learning disabilities. The heart, kidneys, and adrenal glands also might be affected, depending on the cause of the infection. Some people develop long-lasting neurological problems, but most who receive prompt diagnosis and treatment recover fully.
Symptoms include vomiting, headache, lethargy or confusion, neck stiffness, rash, and fever. Infants who have fever, irritability, poor feeding, and lethargy should also be assessed by a doctor right away.
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∙ 12y agoMeningitis it is difficult to treat with antibiotica because antibiotics that will be used must penetrate to cerebrum.
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What type of meningitis is the most difficult to treat?
The most serious and difficult-to-treat types of meningitis tend to be those caused by bacteria.
What is spirilla meningitis?
This is a type of meningitis caused by the bacteria spirillum serpens.
What type of microbe causes meningitis?
Meningitis is most often caused by bacteria, but also can be a viral meningitis or, rarely, caused by a fungus.
Can you get spinal meningitis from shaken baby syndrome?
Meningitis is caused by a bacteria or a virus.
How do diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics?
Disease caused by viruses cannot be cured by antibiotics. Antibiotics ONLY work on bacteria.
Two disease caused by bacteria in humans?
meningitis
How do disease caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses by react to antibiotics?
Viruses ALL ignore antibiotics, Bacterial infections vary in their response depending on the sensitivity of the bacteria to the specific antibiotic.
Is Meningitis caused by a bacteria or a virus?
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, a protective coating in your body that defends your spinal nerves and brain. The inflammation is caused when some infection attacks the meninges. Meningitis is generally sorted into two main types: Bacterial and Viral. The difference, of course, being that one is caused by a bacterial infection, and one is caused by a viral infection. There aren't really any infections that specifically cause meningitis. It's normally caused by some other infection that works its way into the meninges. However, meningitis can also be caused by various fungi, parasites, allergies to drugs, chemicals, and tumors. Though these are much less common than the bacterial and viral variants.
How do you treat diseases caused by bacteria?
With antibiotics.
Why were the antibiotics not effective in controlling cancer condition?
Antibiotics are chemicals that destroy BACTERIA and ony bacteria. Cancer is not caused by bacteria. Therefore antibiotics can not be used to cure cancer.
What is meningitis and how can you get it?
It means an inflammation of the meninges. The meninges are the covering of the brain and spinal cord. They can swell and harm the cord and the brain. It is very serious. It can be caused by a bacteria or a virus.
Why don't doctors prescribe antibiotics if you have the flu?
antibiotics can be powerful.
