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Meningitis estafilocócica
Nombres alternativos:
Meningitis por estafilococos
SÃntomas:
- Fiebre
- Dolor de cabeza intenso
- Náuseas y vómitos
- Rigidez en el cuello
- Fotofobia (sensibilidad a la luz)
- Erupción cutánea
Signos y exámenes:
Para cualquier paciente con meningitis, es importante realizar una punción lumbar (punción en la columna), donde se toma una muestra de lÃquido cefalorraquÃdeo (conocido como LCR) y se envÃa al laboratorio para su análisis.
- Conteo de glóbulos blancos alto en la sangre y en el LCR
- Tinción y cultivo del LCR que muestra bacterias
- Hemocultivos para observar el crecimiento de estafilococos
- Fecha de revisión: 9/6/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Hilary M. Babcock, M.D., Medical Director of Occupational Infection Control, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals; Instructor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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