Can bacterial meningitis be treated?

Yes: With antibiotics.

Yes: Most are initially treated with several different antibiotics at high doses until lab data shows which med would do the best job acting alone. Early diagnosis & treatment permit the best outcome. There is a risk of complications in all which very with the type of germ & speed of detection and treatment.

Antibiotics: Usually with high doses of intravenous antibiotics, sometimes accompanied by steroids.

Antibiotics: Most cases if not all are treated with intravenous antibiotics. Because it can be a serious disease the treatment is often lenghty depending on the type of bacteria causing it.