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Prevalence Meningitis is common in patients with suspected meningitis. a b Note: Half of children with suspected meningitis have it. (55%: 95% CI: 49% to 62%) a 60% of patients with a recent-onset headache and a fever have CSF pleocytosis. (63%: 95% CI: 51% to 76%) b

Expiry date: January 2003
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