Early-onset neonatal infection is linked to higher risks for intellectual disability and special educational needs during childhood, with meningitis carrying a higher risk than sepsis.
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 ...
A new report in NEJM Evidence has highlighted two cases of destructive meningitis that occurred in infants. These cases were due to severe infections.. | Microbiology ...
The innovative NEOSONICS ultrasound-based tool non-invasively identifies infant meningitis cases with 94% accuracy, potentially transforming current screening protocols based on lumbar punctur ...
Chickenpox, or varicella, can also cause viral meningitis. We have a strong vaccine for that, too. But Kennedy has claimed that this vaccine increases the risk of shingles – it does not – while his ...
LONDON -- Britain says it will become the first country to offer all babies a vaccine for potentially fatal meningitis B after it reached a price deal with GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Government health ...
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 ...