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.
Incubation Period. The incubation period depends on the causative agent. For example the incubation period of meningococcal meningitis is 2-10 days while the incubation for hemophilus meningitis is much shorter ranging from 2-4 days.However the range of incubation for most organisms causing meningitis is 2 days to 2 weeks. Viral meningitis-The most common but less serious form of meningitis. 2  Enteroviruses are the most common viral cause of meningitis in the US. 3  Coxsackie, herpes virus, arbovirus, measles and varicella are other common meningitis causing viruses.