When it comes to bacterial infections, bacterial meningitis may not be the most common one, but it is certainly among the most serious. "The most worrisome part of bacterial meningitis is the ...

Listeria meningitis is a type of bacterial meningitis that is a serious complication of a listeria infection. Without prompt treatment, it can quickly become life threatening. After recovering from ...

You’ll receive antibiotics for bacterial meningitis by IV, along with other medications and fluids to reduce your symptoms. Treatment may last one to several weeks. Meningitis is an infection that ...

Bacterial meningitis is a devastating infectious disease because, even when cured, most survivors live with permanent neurological disabilities such as motor impairment, cognitive delay, hearing and ...

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Though viral meningitis may clear up on its own, several other types, including bacterial meningitis, require antibiotic treatment. Antibiotics treat many bacterial infections by killing bacteria or ...

When people think about meningitis, they often think about infants. But while newborns and toddlers are at highest risk for the disease, what many may not realize is that teenagers are also especially ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

Influential English guitarist Jeff Beck, who rose to fame playing with the Yardbirds and later fronted the Jeff Beck Group, died on January 10 aged 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis. Bacterial ...