Your spinal fluid will have high protein levels and an increased white blood cell count if you have meningitis. This fluid can also help your doctor determine whether bacteria, viruses ...

The meninges consist of three layers of tissue—the dura, the pia, and the arachnoid—located between the skull and the brain. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a special fluid that nourishes the ...

Meningitis in Children. Parents should know the various symptoms of meningitis in children that can endanger their safety.

Recurrent meningitis is a rare but serious condition, occurring in about 5% of cases of community-acquired meningitis.

He was reevaluated because of the worsening CSF indices and the inability to prove amebae as the etiology of his meningitis. Then a diagnostic test was performed.

Influenzal meningitis (not related to influenza or ... infection by measuring the sugar and chloride in the patient’s spinal fluid. If the level is low, the infection is severe.

Five students of a private school at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district of Kerala have sought medical treatment after showing ...

Typical features of HSV-2 meningitis are headache, fever, stiff neck, and lymphocytic pleocytosis in the CSF. HSV-2 meningitis might be preceded by pelvic inflammatory disease, genital pain or ...

Over the course of several weeks, Nigerians confirmed the deaths of at least 26 due to outbreak of meningitis. In Kerala, ...