In meningitis, the bacteria attack the lining around the brain called the meninges. They breach the meninges to infect the fluid running into the spinal cord. One clear, early symptom is a stiff ...

Meningitis is inflammation of the fluids surrounding the brain and spinal cord that usually develops due to an infection. Type C meningitis is a type of bacterial meningitis caused by the bacteria ...

The meninges is the protective covering of the brain, and when infected, the condition is called meningitis. Meningitis is the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and ...

When it attacks the tissues, or meninges, of the brain and spinal cord it's called meningitis. Nancy Ford Springer The child may be vomiting, may have a headache, may have high fever, may have a ...

A nine-month-old baby was left with severe brain damage after her meningitis was misdiagnosed as tonsillitis, an inquest has heard. Kate Pierce was sent home from Wrexham Maelor Hospital in March ...

Diagnosing meningitis (inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord ... A computed tomography (CT) scan is ...

Bacterial meningitis, often fatal if untreated, leads to inflammation around the brain and may cause severe complications ...