ALLMedicine™ Meningitis Center

Feb 27th, 2021 - Tubercular meningitis (TBM) has the propensity to cause secondary vasculitis through various mechanisms leading to development of cerebrovascular complications. These vascular involvements can be detected by vessel wall imaging (VWI). In this stud...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection primarily affecting the endocardium of heart valves that can embolize systemically and to the brain. Neurologic manifestations include strokes, intracerebral hemorrhages, mycotic aneurysms, meningitis, c...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Sporothrix brasiliensis usually causes infection limited to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and regional lymph nodes. Contamination occurs through inhalation or accidental inoculation from animal scratches and bites. Meningitis is rare and mostly oc...

Feb 25th, 2021 - To assess the value of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology in early diagnosis of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). 56 patients with clinically suspected TBM who came to Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital from February 2, 2018 to ...

Feb 24th, 2021 - We report the case of retrograde varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation presenting as aseptic meningitis without rash in a generally healthy pregnant patient. A 27-year-old nulliparous woman at 25 weeks of gestation presented to the emergency d...

Nov 20th, 2019 - Pneumococcal vaccines help protect against some of the more than 90 serotypes of pneumococcal bacteria. Pneumococcal disease contributes to the U.S. burden of pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia, sinusitis, and otitis media.

Sep 30th, 2019 - The immunological response in bacterial meningitis (BM) causes the formation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS, RNS) and activates myeloperoxidase (MPO), an inflammatory enzyme. Thus, structural oxidative and nitrosative damage to prote...

Jul 15th, 2019 - The diagnostic challenges in patients with clinical findings of meningitis are as follows: Early identification and treatment of patients with acute bacterial meningitis Assessing whether a treatable central nervous system (CNS) infection is pre...

May 31st, 2019 - 1 in 5 U.S. teens have not yet received their first dose of the meningococcal vaccine against serogroups A, C, W and Y and remain unprotected.

May 18th, 2019 - Vaccines and immunization Licensed vaccines against meningococcal disease have been available for more than 40 years. Over time, there have been major improvements in strain coverage and vaccine availability, but to date no universal vaccine again...

Mar 30th, 2021 - Fluconazole tablets USP are indicated for the treatment of: 1.Vaginal candidiasis (vaginal yeast infections due to Candida). 2.Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis. In open noncomparative studies of relatively small numbers of patients, flucon...

Feb 27th, 2021 - Tubercular meningitis (TBM) has the propensity to cause secondary vasculitis through various mechanisms leading to development of cerebrovascular complications. These vascular involvements can be detected by vessel wall imaging (VWI). In this stud...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infection primarily affecting the endocardium of heart valves that can embolize systemically and to the brain. Neurologic manifestations include strokes, intracerebral hemorrhages, mycotic aneurysms, meningitis, c...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Sporothrix brasiliensis usually causes infection limited to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and regional lymph nodes. Contamination occurs through inhalation or accidental inoculation from animal scratches and bites. Meningitis is rare and mostly oc...

Feb 25th, 2021 - To assess the value of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology in early diagnosis of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). 56 patients with clinically suspected TBM who came to Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital from February 2, 2018 to ...

Nov 30th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An experimental drug being tested for neurodegenerative disease may help in the fight against life-threatening antibiotic-resistant in bacteria, report researchers from Australia. They found the drug PBT2, when combined...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia, with about 1.2 million cases of infection and 135,000 deaths globally each year. Because death can rapidly follow infection, cases should be consider...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia, with about 1.2 million cases of infection and 135,000 deaths globally each year. Because death can rapidly follow infection, cases should be consider...

Nov 9th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. At first, when news spread of a 28-year-old doctor on the COVID-19 front lines in Brazil who died after receiving an experimental vaccine, doubts ...

Nov 9th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. At first, when news spread of a 28-year-old doctor on the COVID-19 front lines in Brazil who died after receiving an experimental vaccine, doubts ...