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New insights into the mechanisms of bacterial brain invasion during meningitis

Bacterial meningitis is a devastating infectious disease because, even when cured, most survivors live with permanent neurological disabilities such as motor impairment, cognitive delay, hearing and ...

Docs Tell Woman to Take Painkillers for a Cold. After She's Found 'Barely Breathing,' She's Diagnosed with Meningitis

Nicola "Nicky" Hillier ended up on life support from a fast-moving bacterial meningitis infection that left her deaf and ...
BMJ Case Reports

Pneumococcal meningitis complicated by extensive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in an immunocompromised patient

A man in his 40s who takes adalimumab for Crohn’s disease presented with a 1-day history of fever, headache and rapid onset of agitation with reduced consciousness. He was intubated, and a subsequent ...
Labroots

How Bacteria Enter the Brain to Cause Meningitis

Infections with many different types of bacteria including Streptococcus pneumonia, Listeria monocytogens, and Neisseria mengitidis can cause bacterial meningitis. It's estimated that every year over ...
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Meningitis may have a much greater impact on child mortality than previously thought

Meningitis contributes to higher child mortality rates than estimated by the WHO, according to a new study by the CHAMPS network and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The ...
WBAL

Pennsylvania teen dies from bacterial meningitis: School district

Meningitis Medical term in a card on doctor hand, medical conceptual image. Getty/Md Saiful Islam Khan (LANGHORNE, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania high school student died from bacterial meningitis, according ...