If bacterial meningitis is confirmed, high doses of strong intravenous antibiotics will be administered, and the patient will likely need to be placed in the intensive care unit.

Over 200 patients are at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgeries in a Mexican border city. Two people who were suspected to have fungal meningitis died.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...

Pfizer’s new pentavalent meningococcal vaccine, Penbraya, protects against five kinds of bacteria and could soon be an option that offers people broad protection from meningococcal disease with ...

"Other symptoms include irritability, unconsciousness, stiff neck, seizures, nausea/vomiting and sensitivity to light," says Dr. John Sellick, a professor of medicine in the infectious diseases ...

A new meta-analysis attempts to reconcile some of the disparate findings from trials on the use of corticosteroids as an adjunct therapy for bacterial meningitis.

It’s safe to say that pretty much everyone has experienced a headache at one time or another. A study in Denmark showed a ...

Worldwide, cryptococcal meningitis kills up to 180,000 persons annually and is the most common cause of nonviral meningitis in the United States. Besides patients with immunosuppression due to ...

Fungal meningitis infections associated with two cosmetic clinics in Mexico are causing surprising complications in some patients, doctors in Texas say.

Texas health officials confirm a fourth death from a meningitis outbreak linked to clinics in Matamoros, Mexico. The outbreak is linked to two cosmetic surgery clinics across the border. The ...

A fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic procedures performed at clinics in Mexico has killed four patients from the U.S. and infected over two dozen others.

The meningitis Kimberly’s doctors diagnosed her with, meningitis B, belonged to a group not covered in the shot. At the time, there was no vaccine to protect her against meningitis B.