The question of whether children with suspected meningitis should be given antibiotics before they travel to hospital is raised with two conflicting papers published in this month's British Medical Journal. National guidance states that they should be given injected penicillin, and the BMJ says that the research is too inconclusive to merit a change in policy.
The question of whether children with suspected meningitis should be given antibiotics before they travel to hospital is raised with two conflicting papers published in this month's British Medical Journal. National guidance states that they should be given injected penicillin, and the BMJ says that the research is too inconclusive to merit a change in policy.
