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Meningitis

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Viral meningitis 

Viral meningitis is less severe. c

Why?

  • Although half of patients have objective motor signs (54%: 95% CI: 48% to 59%) c only one in nine has a serious illness (11%: 95% CI: 8.4% to 15%) c

Expiry date: January 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors   RS   Phillips , C   Ball
Reviewer   B   Davis
CAT Writers   C   Ball , RS   Phillips , C   Wotton