During the past ten years we have followed 252 patients with sickle-cell anemia. Of these patients 16, or 6.3 per cent, have had meningitis. No meningitis has been seen in any of our 31 patients with ...

A standard pediatric vaccine used to prevent several common types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of pneumococcal meningitis in children and adults, according to a ...

A research team from the Karolinska Institutet has identified that blocking the receptors in the brain could prevent pneumococcal meningitis. Pneumococcal infections are often caused by Streptococcus ...

The brain and the spinal cord are protected by a fluid called Cerebrospinal fluid. The medics call it CSF. This fluid, which bathes the brain and spinal cord, protecting them from trauma and injury, ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of vaccine-preventable bacterial diseases have significantly decreased among children in England ...

Osama Suduh, 15, died on Sunday night after being hospitalised for meningitis while he also tested positive for Covid. Pneumococcal meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease that causes ...

Some infections lead to immunity from future infections, so I understand your question. Unfortunately, since there are so many causes, getting meningitis once does not protect you from getting it ...