Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be ...

Some types of meningitis are contagious. You can get it from respiratory droplets in close contact with someone. Learn about ...

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA Work on the blood–brain barrier and bacterial meningitis in KS Doran's laboratory is supported by funding from the NIH/NINDS (grant no.

Hib was the leading cause of meningitis in children under 5 years of age. Meningitis is a serious infection of the lining covering the brain and spinal cord and has a mortality rate of 2-5%.

Bacterial meningitis is a severe and life-threatening infection of the central nervous system (CNS), primarily caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis. This condition carries a ...

Waiblingen – Bosch Healthcare Solutions (BHCS) has developed a new PCR test Vivalytic Bacterial Meningitis for its Vivalytic analysis platform. The test can detect six important bacterial meningitis ...

Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China Tuberculous meningitis ...

Haemophilus influenzae is a bacterium that can trigger severe respiratory infections, including pneumonia, meningitis, and epiglottitis.

Beginning Jan. 2014, Texas state law (SB 62) mandates that all entering students under the age of 22 provide a certificate signed by a health care provider or an official immunization record verifying ...

A circulating viral inhibitor resembling interferon was found in 2 children during the acute phase of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae. It is postulated that this phenomenon is analogous ...