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

Concern after the death of the 20-year-old student in Patras - The risk of contracting meningococcal disease is increased ...

When Brenda Herback woke up the morning she was set to fly to France from Regina for a vacation, she had no idea she would be ...

In meningitis, the bacteria attack the lining ... Two things can stop this runaway infection before the patient dies: antibiotics like penicillin, and the patient's own immune system.

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is difficult to diagnose ... and infection is more likely to progress to meningeal TB when patients are coinfected with HIV. In HIV-negative adults, the mortality ...

It is important to recognize, however, that many patients with HSV-2 meningitis do not have active genital lesions at the time of meningitis, and often have no known history of genital herpes.

Pneumococcal vaccination reduces the risk of bacterial meningitis following cochlear implantation, as reported by a recent ...