Understanding this condition is crucial for ensuring both personal health and academic performance. Meningitis involves inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain, primarily caused by ...

Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It has three main causes: bacterial, viral, and fungal, each requiring a different treatment approach.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

A variety of vaccines in the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule help to protect kids against meningitis. Though rare, meningococcal disease -- caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis-- remains ...

In 1932, the Guy's Hospital (London, UK) physician John Ryle lectured on meningitis and meningism. By meningitis he meant the pathological state that involved inflammation, usually infective, of the ...

A ground-breaking UK study has demonstrated how Cryptococcus neoformans helps meningitis infection develop by blocking and bursting blood vessels, paving the way for new treatments in the future. In ...

Review of hospital discharge ICD-9 codes identified 685 patients younger than 6 months of age discharged with a diagnosis of UTI or meningitis during the study period; 299 infants were excluded ...