A patient presents with a high fever, stiff neck, and severe headache. You suspect they may...
A patient presents with a high fever, stiff neck, and severe headache. You suspect they may have meningitis. How do you proceed?
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Give the patient a fever reducer and send them home. |
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Culture a sample for 24 hours, then Gram stain, then begin antibiotics. |
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Begin antibiotics immediately and send patient home. |
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Conduct a Gram stain, and begin antibiotics immediately based on the Gram stain report. |
Homework Answers
Based on the symptoms, you need to add antibiotic immediately. You can not use a gram stain test because the bacterial meningitis is gram positive but the viral meningitis wont show you any result. So, the correct answer is Begin antibiotics immediately and send patient home.
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