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Meningitis |
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Meningitis is the inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord, usually due to bacterial or viral infections elsewhere in body that has spread into the blood and into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Other causes of meningitis such as fungal, protozoal, or certain non-infectious etiologies are much rarer. Meningitis should be distinguished from the condition encephalitis, the latter of which is the inflammation of the brain itself. Meningitis can affect anyo ...
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Meningitis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- National Immunization Program
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Directors of Health Promotion and Education
- Project Inform http://www.projectinform.org/
- Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- Arachnoiditis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Bacterial Meningitis (Cleveland Clinic)
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