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Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a medical emergency
Listeria monocytogenes can cause meningitis in the following populations: >50 years of age, pregnancy, immunocompromised
Empiric antibiotic therapy should be started once the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis is suspected. Duration of therapy will depend on etiology
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
Droplet Precautions
Initiate droplet precautions for the first 24hrs of effective antibiotic therapy
Collect blood culture and start empiric antibiotic therapy
Antibiotic Therapy
Indications for CT Head
Lumbar Puncture
References
(a) Tunkel et al. CID 2004:39 (b) McGill F, et al., J Infect 2016 (c) Hasbun R et al. N Engl J Med 2001