Article: A prospective study of etiology of childhood acute ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... cases of acute bacterial meningitis in infants and ... cause of childhood bacterial meningitis in countries where ... reported cause of septic meningitis in some European ... leading cause of bacterial meningitis in many regions ...

Article: Bacterial meningitis score may be less effective in ...
Pediatric News;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The Bacterial Meningitis Score correctly identified acute bacterial meningitis in 884 out of 889 affected children, indicating ... completely eliminate the possibility of bacterial meningitis and that cases of bacterial meningitis can ...

Article: Reports outline bacterial meningitis vaccines study ...
World Disease Weekly;  September 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Scientists discuss in 'Bacterial meningitis following introduction ... Uganda' new findings in bacterial meningitis. "St Mary's Hospital ... Uganda report (see also Bacterial Meningitis Vaccines). "There is ...

Article: Clinical scores clarify bacterial meningitis ...
Pediatric News;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Bacterial Meningitis Score, which accurately predicted children at low risk for bacterial meningitis, could help physicians determine ... Medical School, Boston. "Using the Bacterial Meningitis Score prediction rule to assist ...

Article: The danger of bacterial meningitis in the adult.
JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... described in the early 19th century, bacterial meningitis was considered a uniformly fatal ... agents available to the clinician, bacterial meningitis remains an important infectious ... infant, child, and adult. Although bacterial meningitis is generally regarded as a disease ...

Article: Bacterial meningitis; vaccines, antibiotics fight ...
FDA Consumer;  September 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Bacterial meningitis is not solely a childhood disease ... antibiotics, the vast majority of bacterial meningitis cases, in those of all ages ... cases are never diagnosed. Bacterial meningitis is such a serious infection ...

Bacterial Meningitis.
Clinical Reference Systems;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Bacterial Meningitis What is bacterial meningitis? Bacterial meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges (the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord). It is caused by bacteria and is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate ...