Meningococcal Meningitis Treatment
A medical emergency is Bacterial meningitis. Increases the risk of complications and permanent neurological damageEvery hour of delay in starting antibacterial (antibiotic) therapy. Treatment with intravenous antibiotics (such as penicillin G or ceftriaxone) should be started immediately, The regimen of intravenous antibiotics may be continued for up to 7-10 days.in some cases even before the lumbar puncture.
In the treatment of 131 adult patients with meningococcal meningiA single injection of a long-acting oily preparation of chloramphenicol (Tifomycine) was compared with a five-day course of crystalline and procaine penicillin tis. The clinical response to treatment was similar in the two groups of patients. Serial lumbar punctures showed a parallel fall in CSF cell count, protein and lactate and all posttreatment cultures were sterile. Single injection chloramphenicol treatment was cheaper and much easier to administer than penicillin. An effective form of treatment for meningococcal meningitis and is likely to prove of particular value in the management of epidemics in areas with limited medical resources is thus Long-acting chloramphenicol.
