Prognosis of Bacterial meningitis

Prognosis of Bacterial meningitis: Untreated, bacterial meningitis is almost always fatal. ...see also Overview of Bacterial meningitis

Prognosis for Bacterial meningitis: bacterial meningitis can be quite severe and may result in brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disability. (Source: excerpt from Meningococcal Disease (General): DBMD) ...see also Overview of Bacterial meningitis

Onset of Bacterial meningitis: Commonly occurs in children aged 1-23 months and in adults older than 60 years

Complications:

Complications of Bacterial meningitis may include:

• Prolonged fever
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Seizures
• more complications...»

See also complications of Bacterial meningitis.

Bacterial meningitis: Research More

• Bacterial meningitis: Introduction
• Symptoms: Bacterial meningitis
• Complications: Bacterial meningitis
• Causes: Bacterial meningitis
• Treatments: Bacterial meningitis

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Bacterial meningitis usually refers to the likely outcome of Bacterial meningitis. The prognosis of Bacterial meningitis may include the duration of Bacterial meningitis, chances of complications of Bacterial meningitis, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Bacterial meningitis, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Bacterial meningitis. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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