most common cause of meningitis in adults - saintdizzy

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Is it strep pneumo or n. meningitidis? or there is no consensus?

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its n.meningitidis till 16 yr of age after 16 its s.pnemonia..goljan

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according to uworld it is strep pneumo.....so tht is my confusion

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kb123 u got it the otherway around... until age of 16-18 its strept pnumo AND after 18 yrs its n. meningitis ..... saintdizzy just check for the patients age in the question stem.

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according to 2010 FA, pg 178, Strep Pneumo till age 6, then its N. menin. I trust this information. But there has been a recent change, ck CDC.

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@zen786..i heard goljan audio after 16yr its step pnemo..before that it n.meningitidis..

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there is a table in the U W. THAT does not match with the FA ( 09 -10- 2011 )
So which book we have to follow ?

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i will follow goljan!

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Newborn : Group B Streptococci

Infants and children : Neisseria meningitidis

Adult : S. pneumoniae


http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/causes.html

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1) Newborn - E Coli
- Group B Strep
- Listeria
2) 6 month- 6 years - Pneumo

3) After 6 years, young adult in group( army etc....), Epidemy - N. Meninngititis

4) After 60 years - Pneumo