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Surgery may be necessary in some cases of bacterial meningitis.  Patients who have contracted meningitis as a result of a basilar skull fracture with CSF leak may require surgery to correct persistent dural defects, which can lead to recurrent episodes of bacterial meningitis. 

 

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