Hotline for Health Services for Displaced Lebanese 1787
Hotline for the Patient Admission to Hospitals 01/832700
COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Form covax.moph.gov.lb
MoPH Hotline 1214
Are you a new member? Sign up now
 
Let us help you
Read about the latest topics.

Meningitis

Generalities
Agent There are several agents causing meningitis.
1) Main Bacteria:
- Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus): Gram negative diplococci. Main invasive serotypes are A, B, C, W135, X, and Y.
- Haemophilus influenza: Gram negative cocco-bacilli. There are 6 serotypes from (a) to (f). The serotype (b) is responsible of invasive infection.
- Streptococcus pneumonia (pneumococcus): Gram positive diplococci. There are more than 90 serotypes.
- Leptospira: spirochetes, Leptospira interrogans (26 serogroups)
- Listeria monocytogenes: Gram positive, rod-shapped
- Other bacterial agents: Staphylococcus, enteric bacteria, group B streptococci, Mycobacterium tuberculosis…
2) Virus:
- Mumps
- Measles
- West Nile virus: a Flavivirus
- Enterovirus: including Coxsackieviruses A (2-4, 7, 9-10), Coxsackieviruses B (1-6), Echoviruses (2, 5-7, 9-11, 14, 18, 30), Enterovirus 71, Poliovirus (1-3)
- Herpes Simplex virus (types 1 and 2): family Herpesviridae
- Varicella-Zoster virus: Human (alpha) Herpesvirus 3 (varicella-zoster) from the group Herpesvirus
- Adenovirus: Adenovirus, several types (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7), genus Mastadenovirus, family Adenoviridae, - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: an Arenavirus
- Sandfly fever viruses: genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae. They include more than 60 antigenically distinct virus serotypes. Two main groups are identified: a) Sandfly fever group including the Naples serocomplex (Karimabad virus, Arabia virus, Massilia virus, Punique virus, Tehran virus, Toscana virus …) and Sicilian serocomplex; and b) Uukuniemi group
-Other virus: arboviruses…
3) Parasites: - Candida albicans, cryptococcus…
Incubation period varies with the agent
Period of transmissibility varies with the agent
Reservoir varies with the agent
Modes of transmission varies with the agent
Clinical presentation varies with the agent
Resources
Case definition MOPH circular no. 52 (2007): Meningitis
MOPH circular no. 63 (2007): Neisseria meningitidis
MOPH circular no. 54 (2007): Haemophilus influenzae b
MOPH circular no. 36 (2012): West Nile Virus
Forms - Meningitis reporting form
- Meningitis investigation form
Data - Weekly report
    ...
    91
    ...
ATC Name B/G Ingredients Dosage Form Price
G01AX12 BRUMIXOL G Ciclopiroxolamine - 100mg 100mg Ovule 795,555 L.L
N04BC09 NEUPRO B Rotigotine - 2mg/24h 2mg/24h Patch 4,427,961 L.L
N04BC09 NEUPRO B Rotigotine - 4mg/24h 4mg/24h Patch 7,292,823 L.L
N04BC09 NEUPRO B Rotigotine - 6mg/24h 6mg/24h Patch 9,427,593 L.L
N04BC09 NEUPRO B Rotigotine - 8mg/24h 8mg/24h Patch 12,394,936 L.L
M02AA15 FLECTOR E.P TISSUGEL B Diclofenac (epolamine) - 1% 1% Patch 1,204,083 L.L
M02AA31 ROXONIN TAPE B Loxoprofen Sodium Hydrate - 100mg 100mg Patch 896,343 L.L
M02AA31 ROXONIN TAPE B Loxoprofen Sodium Hydrate - 50mg 50mg Patch 710,893 L.L
N06DA03 EXELON TRANSDERMAL PATCH 10 B Rivastigmine - 9.5mg/24h 9.5mg/24h Patch 2,457,888 L.L
N06DA03 EXELON TRANSDERMAL PATCH 5 B Rivastigmine - 4.6mg/24h 4.6mg/24h Patch 2,457,888 L.L
N06DA03 EXELON TRANSDERMAL PATCH 15 B Rivastigmine - 13.3mg/24h 13.3mg/24h Patch 7,582,922 L.L
D04AB01 VERSATIS B Lidocaine - 5% 5% Patch 13,085,712 L.L
D04AB01 VERSATIS B Lidocaine - 5% 5% Patch 2,772,347 L.L
C01DA02 NITRODERM TTS 5 B Glyceryl trinitrate - 5mg/24h 5mg/24h Patch 654,183 L.L
N02AB03 DUROGESIC B Fentanyl - 16.8mg 100mcg/h Patch 5,911,563 L.L
A04AA02 SANCUSO G Granisetron - 3.1mg/24h 3.1mg/24h Patch 7,590,728 L.L
N02AB03 DUROGESIC B Fentanyl - 8.4mg 50mcg/h Patch 3,019,614 L.L
N02AB03 DUROGESIC B Fentanyl - 4.2mg 25mcg/h Patch 1,509,135 L.L
G01AF02 MICOTER GYNO OVULE G Clotrimazole - 500mg 500mg Pessary 447,948 L.L
G01AF05 ECOGYN G Econazole nitrate - 150mg 150mg Pessary 447,948 L.L
G03DA04 BIOGEST BioTech Progesterone, bio-identical - 200mg 200mg Pessary 1,804,780 L.L
G03DA04 CYCLOGEST G Progesterone - 400mg 400mg Pessary 1,546,763 L.L
G03DA04 GESTA 400 G Progesterone - 400mg 400mg Pessary 1,083,137 L.L
J01CR02 POSMOX G Amoxicillin (trihydrate) - 875mg, Clavulanic Acid (potassium) - 125mg 1g Powder 616,824 L.L
A02BC DANLOX QUICK G Omeprazole - 20mg, Sodium bicarbonate - 1680mg Powder 1,323,685 L.L
A12AX DECALCIT B Vitamin D3 - 750IU, Calcium - 600mg Powder 1,075,074 L.L
V03AE01 CALCIUM RESONIUM B Calcium Polystyrene Sulphonate - 15g 15g Powder 2,053,391 L.L
M09AX10 EVRYSDI B Risdiplam - 0.75mg/ml 0.75mg/ml Powder 865,644,067 L.L
D06AX DERMOTRACIN G Neomycin sulfate - 165.000IU/150ml, Bacitracin - 15.500IU/150ml Powder 737,770 L.L
D06BA05 NEO SULFA G Sulfanilamide - 12g 12g Powder 151,022 L.L
    ...
    91
    ...
Sitemap
© Copyrights reserved to Ministry of Public Health 2025