Meningitis:- definition,classification,cause,signandsymptom, diagnosis and treatment.

Meningitis:-

Defined as an acute inflammation of meninges.

Classification:- 

Septic meningitis (bacterial)

Aseptic meningitis(viral)

Causes:-

Nesseria meningitides

Hemophilus influezae

(Most common in infant and children,streptococcus pneumonia ,Mycobactrieum tuberculosis ( tubercular meningitis)

Sign and symptom:-

- severe headache

- chills,fever ,malaise,headache and vomiting

- Nuchal rigidity 

- kernig's sign

- Brudzinski's sign

Diagnosis:-

Physical examination

Csf anlysis and culture

Culture of blood urine sputum and skin lesions

Sputum

Skin lesion

Treatment:-

Organism specific antibiotic therapy..