Meningitis - gram-negative

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Meningitis - gram-negative

• Fever
• Severe headache
• Nausea and vomiting
• Stiff neck
• Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
• Mental status changes
• Symptoms suggesting infection of bladder or kidney, intestines, or lung that might be the source of the spinal fluid infection

• Low blood pressure
• Fast heart rate
• Stiff neck
• Elevated white blood cell count in blood
• Spinal fluid showing increased white blood cells, low glucose, high protein
• Special stain of the spinal fluid showing white blood cells and sometimes gram-negative bacteria
• CSF culture growing gram-negative bacteria
• Blood culture growing gram-negative bacteria
• CT scan of the brain (usually normal)

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