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

Meningitis can be contagious, and people with weak immune systems are especially vulnerable. Some types of meningitis are not contagious (spread from person to person). Meningitis is an inflammation ...

The Pathogenesis & Pathophysiology of Bacterial Meningitis In order to cause meningitis, bacterial pathogens must survive in the bloodstream and penetrate or transmigrate across the blood–brain ...

TNF-α plays a key role in TBM pathogenesis by activating macrophages and forming ... were linked to neuroinflammatory responses associated with persistent meningitis, amplifying inflammatory signaling ...

All students must choose either option 1 or 2 and fully complete the document. The Proof of Bacterial Meningitis Immunization Compliance Form must have the health professional's signature and ...

In this Review, we first discuss the biochemistry and pathophysiology of peroxynitrite and then focus on pharmacological strategies to attenuate the toxic effects of peroxynitrite. These include ...

Windsor couple Katelynn Hawes and Quentin Brunelle say their concerns about their three-month-old daughter Evalynn, now diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, were dismissed when they went to a ...

Figure 1. Potential routes of intrauterine infection/chorioamnionitis. The pathophysiology of chorioamnionitis is highly complicated. One of the most important cytokines responsible for the ...

Grietje Molema studying how Streptococcus pneumoniae interact with endothelial cells causing meningitis. In 2010 ... bacterial interaction with brain cells during meningoencephalitis pathogenesis. In ...