... circumstances.
Lack of the protein in the human body has previously been linked to susceptibility to meningitis.
But the new findings by Dr Cordula Stover, of the Department of Infection, Immunity ...
Use of corticosteroids in addition to other treatment for children with bacterial meningitis is not associated with a decreased risk of death or shorter hospital stay, according to a study in the May ...
HONOLULU, May 8 (UPI) -- Swiss-based Novartis says clinical trials show its new Menveo vaccine is effective in preventing four types of meningitis.
Children routinely immunised against meningitis C but so far meningitis B has eluded efforts
One in five adolescents aged 11í«¡í½¹ years appear to have inadequate protection against meningitis C and a booster dose of vaccine may therefore be needed to sustain protection amongst teenagers, ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A child-care worker in Hauppauge, N.Y., has been diagnosed with viral meningitis and is undergoing treatment, a school district official says.
... the possibility of new treatments. "This is a paradigm shift in how we think about some forms of meningitis and possibly other infections," says the study's lead investigator, Dorian B. McGavern, Ph. ...
... long-term weather forecasts to medical officials in Africa to help reduce outbreaks of meningitis. The forecasts will enable local health providers to target vaccination programs more effectively for ...
What was once thought to be the culprit responsible for fatal brain damage in acute viral meningitis has now been found to be only an accomplice, say researchers at the Scripps Research Institute.
In the fight to stop the spread of bacterial infections, Australian researchers have characterised an enzyme that plays a key role in transmitting meningitis.
... Science and Technology in Uganda, immune responses in patients receiving smaller doses of a meningitis vaccine were found to be comparable to a full dose.
In 2004, a randomized clinical trial of 750 ...
... Something sets off a chain of events that begins with leakage of fluid from blood vessels into the meninges, the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord, followed by swelling, which in turn ...
Scientists have discovered an unexpected cause for the fatal seizures seen in mice with viral meningitis, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The finding may lead to a new way of ...
... bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) that causes some severe forms of pneumonia and meningitis. In a ceremony in Khulna District, southwest of the capital Dhaka, the Minister of Health and ...
... ." Prior to the study, conflicting data existed on the vaccine's effect on the incidence of meningitis in adults, he said.
The authors also observed that non-PCV7 strains increased by 60.5 percent ...
