Why do powerful antibiotics not always remove the cause of meningitis if the disease is caused by Neisseria meningitidis?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: N. meningitides is not the only causative agent for the disease meningitis. Other bacteria such as Haemophilus influenza, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus can cause meningitis, but antibiotics would likely kill them. Meningitis can also be caused by viruses (called viral meningitis) such as enteroviruses, herpes simplex virus, lyphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and mumps virus, which would not respond to antibiotic treatment.

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