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How is bacterial meningitis treated?
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Antibiotics: Usually with high doses of intravenous antibiotics, sometimes accompanied by steroids.
Answered 4/9/2013
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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.
Answered 6/27/2013
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