Acute purulent meningitis - Acute purulent meningitis

Japanese: 急性化膿性髄膜炎 - きゅうせいかのうせいずいまくえん
Acute purulent meningitis - Acute purulent meningitis

...General treatment involves keeping the patient at rest and providing adequate hydration and nutrition through fluid infusion, and using antipyretics and anticonvulsants as symptomatic treatment for high fever and convulsions.
[acute purulent meningitis]
In particular, Neisseria meningitidis is the most common cause, accounting for about 30% of cases, but it can also be caused by Haemophilus influenzae (18%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (16%), Staphylococcus aureus, Group A Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, etc. The cerebrospinal fluid is cloudy or purulent, and the number of polymorphonuclear cells increases significantly.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "acute purulent meningitis" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般的治療としては,安静にし輸液などで十分な水分・栄養を補い,高熱や痙攣に対しては対症的に解熱剤や抗痙攣剤を用いる。
[急性化膿性髄膜炎acute purulent meningitis]
 とくに髄膜炎菌Neisseria meningitidisによるものが最も多く約30%を占めるが,インフルエンザ菌(18%),肺炎球菌(16%),黄色ブドウ球菌,A群溶連菌,大腸菌などによっても起こる。髄液は混濁あるいは膿性で,多形核細胞が著しく増加する。…

※「急性化膿性髄膜炎」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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