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Author: Igor Boyarsky, DO, FACEP, FAAEM

Editor: Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Previous contributing editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina.

REFERENCES:

National Meningitis Association. <http://www.nmaus.org/>.

Switzerland. World Health Organization. "Meningitis." Dec. 2010. <http://www.who.int/topics/meningitis/en/>.

United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Meningitis Questions & Answers." Mar. 11, 2011. <http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html>.

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