Common Organisms by Patient Population in Bacterial Meningitis 

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Shingo Chihara, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Shingo Chihara, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, International Society of Travel Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA Professor of Medicine and Division Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Janak Koirala, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: America Nepal Medical Foundation, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, American Society for Microbiology, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, HIV Medicine Association, Illinois State Medical Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, International AIDS Society, International Society for Infectious Diseases, International Society of Travel Medicine, Mclean County Medical Society, Nepal Medical Association, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Sangamon County Medical Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Jasmeet Anand, PharmD, RPh Adjunct Instructor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Michael Stuart Bronze, MD David Ross Boyd Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Stewart G Wolf Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center; Master of the American College of Physicians; Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Michael Stuart Bronze, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Association of Professors of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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