Bacterial Meningitis Treatment, Meningitis Medical Malpractice

Bacterial Meningitis Treatment

Bacterial meningitis can be easily diagnosed by testing the spinal fluid for the bacteria. If bacterial meningitis is diagnosed early, it can be easily controlled with timely medical intervention.

Once bacterial meningitis is diagnosed, it is critical that treatment begin quickly with one of several effective antibiotics. In addition, certain steroids may be necessary to help prevent hearing loss, one of the most common complications of the disease. Your physician also may need to drain any fluid that accumulated between the brain and the meningus membrane.

If your child is a victim of bacterial meningitis and you suspect that your physician or an ER doctor failed to diagnose bacterial meningitis when the symptoms first appeared, you may have a claim for medical malpractice.

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