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

A cluster of deaths linked to a mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be the result of a poisoning ...

Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be expected.

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Meningitis, the acute inflammation of the protective membrane around the brain and spinal ...

Bacterial meningitis causes substantial neurological morbidity ... in high-income countries with appropriate access to acute medical care. The authors cautioned at the time, however, that two ...