Meningitis |
bacterial and viral |
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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Resources
- Arachnoiditis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Bacterial Meningitis (Cleveland Clinic)
- Bacterial Meningitis (Directors of Health Promotion and Education)
- Blood Cultures (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Chronic Meningitis (Cleveland Clinic)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Meningitis (National Institutes of Health)
- Cryptococcal Meningitis (Project Inform)
- Encephalitis and Meningitis (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Encephalitis and Meningitis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Encephalitis Meningitis (Cleveland Clinic)
- Gene Forms and Meningococcal Disease (American College of Physicians)
- Importance of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Vaccine (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Inherited Susceptibility to Meningococcal Disease (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap) (Nemours Foundation)
- Meningitis (MayoClinic)
- Meningitis (Cleveland Clinic)
- Meningitis (HealthWorld)
- Meningitis (HealthWorld)
- Meningitis (Nemours Foundation)
- Meningitis (Google Health)
- Meningitis (Nemours Foundation)
- Meningitis (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Meningitis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Meningitis (Medline Plus)
- Meningitis (National Institutes of Health)
- Meningitis and Encephalitis (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Meningitis criptocócica (Project Inform)
- Meningitis [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Meningococcal Disease (Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Meningococcal Disease Among College Students (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Meningococcal Disease Among College Students (National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Meningococcal Disease: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Meningococcal Vaccine: What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program) - Links to PDF File
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Percent of Adults Aged 65 Years and Over Who Had Ever Received Pneumococcal Vaccine: United States, Quarter One 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program) - Links to PDF File
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Pneumococcal Vaccine: When Is It Appropriate for Older Children (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Resources about Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants, and Meningitis (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File
- Risk of Bacterial Meningitis in Children with Cochlear Implants: Question and Answers (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Use of Vaccines for the Prevention of Meningitis in Persons with Cochlear Implants (National Immunization Program)
- Viral (Aseptic) Meningitis (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
- Viral Meningitis (Cleveland Clinic)

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