Background Acute bacterial meningitis frequently causes cortical and hippocampal neuron loss leading to permanent neurological sequelae. Neuron death in acute bacterial meningitis involves the ...

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) causes death and disability, with especially high rates of poor outcomes in children and individuals with an HIV-1 co-infection Important risk factors for poor outcome are ...

Meningitis is an infection of the membranes (meninges) that surround the central nervous system. It is an illness feared by many parents due to its potential to cause severe disability and even death.

Figure 1: Anatomical considerations for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. Despite the existence of antibiotic therapies, acute bacterial meningitis causes substantial morbidity and mortality, ...

Los Angeles, CA – Current research suggests that nitric oxide may play a role in the pathogenesis of neonatal meningitis. The related report by Mittal et al, "Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide ...

Meningitis typically occurs due to a bacterial or viral infection, but other conditions are sometimes responsible, including fungal or parasitic infection, certain autoimmune inflammatory conditions, ...

Bacterial meningitis is the most common nervous system infection and a major cause of childhood death. In a new study appearing in the September 1 print issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. A study in rats by researchers at Karolinska ...

The neurological sequelae associated to meningitis are mainly due to neuron loss by necrosis in the cerebral cortex, and by apoptosis in the hippocampal dentate granule cells. [3–5] The cascade of ...