QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
*Listeria monocytogenes* commonly causes meningitis in infants aged between 0-3 months and occasionally in adults older than 60 years of age.
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d
*Listeria monocytogenes*
QuestionChoice
*Escherichia coli* typically causes meningitis in infants aged between 0-3 months, as opposed to children beyond the age of 1 year.
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c
*Escherichia coli*
QuestionChoice
This patient is presenting with signs and symptoms characteristic of meningitis, given the triad of fever, headache and neck stiffness. The most likely causative organism of meningitis between the ages of 3 months to 6 years is *Neisseria meningitidis*, which is a gram-negative diplococci bacterium.
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a
*Neisseria meningitidis*
QuestionChoice
Although *Haemophilus influenzae* can lead to meningitis in children between 3 months and 1 year of age, *Neisseria meningitidis* is far more common in this age range.
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e
*Haemophilus influenzae*
QuestionChoice
*Group B streptococcus* is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in neonates, rather than in children beyond the age of 1 year.
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b
*Group B streptococcus*
Concept
Chapter
2693
3751
Meningitis
Topic
141
Neurology
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A 5-year-old male child presents to A&E with a headache and neck stiffness. His temperature is measured to be 39.1 degrees Celsius.

Given the most likely diagnosis, which of the following organisms is most likely to be present?
a