When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: The stories about meningitis I hear in the news sound pretty scary. What causes meningitis? How can I protect myself and my kids against it? Meningitis is inflammation of the ...

A fourth-grade student at Burns Science and Technology School died last week of meningitis, according to television news reports. The disease affects thousands of Americans every year, with certain ...

For pediatric patients with meningitis, course of treatment and overall prognosis are dependent on its cause. In cases of bacterial meningitis, treatment with antibiotics must start as soon as ...

The following morning, mom Sarah, 42, and dad Mark, 48, rushed Leila back to hospital. She was admitted to the pediatric ward ...

Meningitis is inflammation of the fluids surrounding the brain and spinal cord that usually develops due to an infection. Type C meningitis is a type of bacterial meningitis caused by the bacteria ...

Bacterial meningitis, also known as pyogenic meningitis, is a type of meningitis caused by a bacterial infection. Meningitis means an inflammation of the meninges, the thin membranes that surround the ...

A probable outbreak of fungal meningitis—an infection that causes inflammation near the brain and spinal cord—in Mexican medical clinics has left two Americans dead and over 200 infected, causing the ...

Introduction Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an infection of the central nervous system that accounts for approximately 19% ...

Penn State College of Medicine is reporting on two cases of destructive infant meningitis linked to Paenibacillus infection, ...

Meningitis is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease that causes inflammation of the meninges the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord .