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Failure to diagnose meningitis is becoming a leading cause of medical malpractice cases. In a nutshell, meningitis is an infection of the fluid of a person’s spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain. The disease is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Bacterial meningitis is the far more serious of the two, and may result in brain damage, hearing loss, learning disability, or even death.
Early diagnosis and identifying the specific type of bacteria that caused the meningitis can be significant because antibiotics can prevent some types from spreading and infecting other people.
Meningitis seems to show up significantly in college students. Students may be at greater risk due to crowded living conditions such as dormitories, sharing utensils, active or passive smoking, and irregular sleeping patterns. Other high-risk groups include infants and young children, refugees, and military personnel.
Meningitis is often misdiagnosed as something less serious because early symptoms are similar to the flu. Sadly, most of the fatalities associated with meningitis occur because of failure to diagnose the disease early enough. Please contact us if you have suffered a loss due to the misdiagnosis of meningitis.
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