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Even with rapid diagnosis and initiation of treatment, bacterial meningitis continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in adult patients. Mortality rates for this neurological emergency vary between 13% and 27%, even with adequate and timely antibiotic therapy.

Treating Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Should Adjunctive Steroids be Used?

Even with rapid diagnosis and initiation of treatment, bacterial meningitis continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in adult patients. Mortality rates for this neurological emergency vary between 13% and 27%, even with adequate and timely antibiotic therapy.