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Overview: Meningitis is a clinical syndrome characterized by inflammation of the meninges. Clinically, this medical condition manifests with meningeal symptoms (eg, headache, nuchal rigidity, photophobia) and an increased number of white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid ...

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Disappointing findings for dexamethasone therapy for meningitis. See the eMedicine topic Meningitis. http://bit.ly/9ExsRi

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TAM protein complex - a potential antibacterial target

news-medical.net — “Scientists could produce new antibacterial treatments by disarming the molecular pumps bacteria use to bring disease causing molecules in contact with animals and humans.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Infectious Disease News - Bacterial meningitis among children under the age of 2 years in a high human immunodeficiency virus prevalence area after Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine introduction |3961784

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Bacteria may be talking to each other with a contact-dependent language

news-medical.net — “What if bacteria could talk to each other? What if they had a sense of touch? A new study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara suggests both, and theorizes that such cells may, in fact, need to communicate in order to perform certain functions. The findings appear today in the journal Genes & Development.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Researchers investigate Avian Pathogenic E. coli strains

news-medical.net — “Escherichia coli bacteria thrive in the lower intestine of humans and other animals, including birds. Most are vital constituents of the healthy gut flora, but certain forms of E. coli cause a range of diseases in both humans and poultry.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Study investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade vaccines

news-medical.net — “Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade the vaccines, has implications for how future vaccines can be made more effective.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Alpha-hemolysin may play an unexpected role in UTIs

news-medical.net — “Researchers from the University of Utah have identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria are able to trigger bladder cell shedding and disable immune responses. According to this new study, published in the Jan. 19, 2012, issue of Cell Host & Microbe, ?-hemolysin, a toxin secreted by many strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli), may play an important, unexpected role during both the establishment and persistence of urinary tract infections.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Journal of Medical Case Reports | Full text | Mannose-binding lectin deficiency with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in children: a case series

jmedicalcasereports.com — “Eosinophilic meningitis, a potentially fatal disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is considered an emerging infectious disease.View full resource at jmedicalcasereports.com

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Latin Academy pupil dies; meningitis eyed - BostonHerald.com

bostonherald.com — “A Boston Latin Academy seventh-grader has died after being diagnosed with a probable case of bacterial meningitis last weekend, city and public health officials said yesterday. “At this difficult time our hearts ache for the family and friends of this young student,” Mayor Thomas M. Menino...View full resource at bostonherald.com

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Study Finds Shifting Disease Burden Following Universal Hib Vaccination - QualityPoint Technologies

qualitypointtech.net — “Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, once the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children, has dramatically reduced the incidence of Hib disease in young children over the past 20 years, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. However, other strains of the bacteria continue to cause substantial disease among the nation’s youngest and oldest age groups.View full resource at qualitypointtech.net

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Bacteria rapidly exchange genetic information related to human disease and antibiotic resistance

news-medical.net — “Much as people can exchange information instantaneously in the digital age, bacteria associated with humans and their livestock appear to freely and rapidly exchange genetic material related to human disease and antibiotic resistance through a mechanism called horizontal gene transfer (HGT).View full resource at news-medical.net

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Pfizer's Prevnar 13: Additional data from adult clinical studies presented at 49th IDSA

news-medical.net — “Pfizer Inc. announced today that additional data from several clinical studies of Prevnar 13 (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine) conducted in adults 50 years and older will be presented during the 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which is being held Oct. 20-23, 2011, in Boston, Mass.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Researchers discover how a novel type of antibody works against pneumococcal bacteria

news-medical.net — “Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a novel type of antibody works against pneumococcal bacteria.View full resource at news-medical.net

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Infectious Disease Article | Meningitis

mdlinx.com — “Pneumocephalus consequent to staphylococcal pneumonia and meningitisView full resource at mdlinx.com

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mdlinx.com — “Increasing Chloramphenicol Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Papua New Guinean Children with Acute Bacterial MeningitisView full resource at mdlinx.com

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mdlinx.com — “Hypertrophic cervical spinal cord pachymeningitis due to Treponema pallidum infectionView full resource at mdlinx.com

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