BrainWaves #80 The meningitis that keeps coming back

MedLink Neurology Podcast is delighted to feature selected episodes from BrainWaves, courtesy of James E Siegler MD, its originator and host. BrainWaves is an academic audio podcast whose mission is to educate medical providers through clinical cases and topical reviews in neurology, medicine, and the humanities, and episodes originally aired from 2016 to 2021.

Originally released: October 12, 2017

Most people never get meningitis. For those who do, it is rare to experience it more than once. But if it recurs, red flags should be going up. Dr. Jon Rosenberg joins Jim Siegler this week in a discussion about the causes and management of recurrent meningitis.

Produced by James E Siegler. Music by Lee Rosevere, Fatal Injection, and Coldnoise. Voiceover by Erika Mejia. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for clinical decision-making. Please don't LP every patient with migraine. That's just mean.

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Rosenberg J, Galen BT. Recurrent meningitis. Curr Pain Headache Rep 2017;21(7):33. PMID 28551737

Zunt JR, Baldwin KJ. Chronic and subacute meningitis. Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2012;18(6 Infectious Disease):1290-318. PMID 23221842

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