An expeditious diagnostic approach is necessary to differentiate between self-limited aseptic meningitis and potentially lethal bacterial meningitis.
Aseptic meningitis has a self-limited course, but bacterial meningitis can be lethal. An expeditious diagnostic approach helps to differentiate between the two.
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