In a 1998 review, the incidence of bladder injury during laparoscopic procedures ranged from 0.02% to 8.3%. It was more frequent in gynaecologic procedures, and intraoperative diagnosis was made only in 53% of cases.
In order to diagnose this disease, your child will have a lumbar puncture (spinal tap). This is done by inserting a needle in the lower back to get spinal fluid. The spinal fluid is sent to the laboratory to determine whether your child has meningitis and what type: bacterial or viral. How is meningitis treated? Your child will be isolated for at least 24 hours.
Bacteria and viruses cause the great majority of meningitis disease in infants and children. The most serious occurrences of meningitis are caused by bacteria; viral-caused meningitis is common but usually is less severe and, except for the very rare instance of rabies infection, almost never lethal. Bacterial meningitis can be caused by many different types of bacteria. 2  Certain age groups are predisposed to infections of specific types of bacteria. 3  Immediately after birth, bacteria called group B Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, and Listeria species are the most common.