Infektionen des Zentralnervensystems.

  • Beuche W.
  • S. Kastenbauer
  • H.-W. Pfister
  • H. F. Rabenau
  • E. Schielke
  • J. R. Weberx
  • K. Wetzel
  • F. Winkler
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Zusammenfassung

Die akute Meningitis ist eine Enzündung der Pia mater und der Arachnoidea. Von der noch immer mit einer relevanten Letalität und Morbidität verbundenen akuten bakteriellen (eitrigen) Meningitis ist die akute apurulente oder seröse Meningitis z. B. viraler Genese zu unterscheiden.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Beuche W.
    • 1
  • S. Kastenbauer
    • 2
  • H.-W. Pfister
    • 2
  • H. F. Rabenau
    • 3
  • E. Schielke
    • 4
  • J. R. Weberx
    • 5
  • K. Wetzel
    • 4
  • F. Winkler
    • 2
  1. 1.Neurologische KlinikStädt. Klinikum St. GeorgLeipzigDeutschland
  2. 2.Neurologische Klinik und PoliklinikKlinikum Großhadern der UniversitätMünchenDeutschland
  3. 3.Institut für Med. VirologieZentrum der Hygiene im Klinikum der Joh.-Wolfg.-Goethe-UniversitätFrankfurt am MainDeutschland
  4. 4.Neurologische KlinikCharité, Campus Mitte, Humboldt-UniversitätBerlinDeutschland
  5. 5.Universitätsklinikum CharitéBerlinDeutschland

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