Meningitis Essay

Seizures are described into two major groups of seizures: primary generalized seizures and partial seizures. The main difference between both of these seizures is how it begins. Partial seizures begin in one area of the brain and affect the part of the body being controlled by that area of that brain. Generalized seizures affect the whole area of the brain and occur at the same time. They begin and spread rapidly making it impossible to identify the origin. Partial seizures are divided into

Neisseria meningitidis, also known as meningococcus, is a human pathogen that causes severe infections in the menings that surround the brain and spinal cord. There is a 50% fatality rate if the infections are not treated on time. (1) (2)N.meningitidis belongs to the family Neisseriaceae. When it was first being identified in 1887, the scientists found Neisseria meningitidis as a fastidious, encapsulated, non-spore forming, non-motile, non acid-fast aerobic gram-negative diplococcus bacterium. It

is advised to go see a doctor. It turns out the individual did not have the flu. It was something far worse, something more treacherous, something more contagious, something chilling, something life-threatening. This disease is known as bacterial meningitis. It is possibly a college student’s worst nightmare, and a disease that students should be well informed about. But while the bacterial infection is rather rare, it’s also terminal, killing 10 to 12 percent of those it infects, sometimes within

trauma room to examine her more closely and find a purple blotchy rash over her trunk, legs and spreading to her neck. Dr. Williams and I look at each other grimly, we both know what is going on with this patient. There has been a recent outbreak of meningitis

type of fungus best known for causing meningo-encephalitis and meningitis in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with HIV/AIDS, and organ-transplant recipients. Although Cryptococcus isn’t contagious, meningitis (which is the inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord, caused by Cryptococcus) can be transmitted from one person to another by sneezing and coughing through close contact. Without treatment, meningitis will lead to a variety of severe consequences, such as seizures

Fluconazole is a drug used to treat yeast and fungal infections and it is a part of the triazole group (2). It is used to target candidiasis that invades the mucosal layer, dermatomycosis, cryptococcal meningitis and onychomycosis (2). Fluconazole is a hydrophobic drug that can be administered both orally and intravenously. For adults the dosage ranges from 150-400 mg for the first dosage and after the first one, the dosage decreases for Candidiasis infections (3). For children the dosage ranges

disease. Antibiotics play a role in helping to treat patients with bacterial meningitis, and steroids have been tested to help reduce risk factors. Prevention has also become a key issue because meningitis can only be spread through direct contact with infected body fluid. The best prevention is to maintain clean hygiene. Vaccines are another way of preventing disease. However, there are multiple serogroups of meningitis that makes creating a universal vaccine extremely difficult. So far, there have

A Dairy Problem: Listeria monocytogenes I. History One of the earliest detections of Listeria was in 1924 by E.G.D. Murray from rabbits. He isolated Gram-positive rods from a rabbit’s blood in the laboratory. He was unable to classify it with other bacterial genus, thus he decided to call this new species Bacterium monocytogenes. However, only after 1940 that this bacterium was given the genus name Listeria by J.H.H. Pirie. He was able to classify it due to its catalase-positive, Gram-positive rod

Life Lesson Almost three years ago my mom was diagnosed with Bacterial Meningitis. Bacterial Meningitis is very life threatening if not treated immediately. It was a very scary experience for everyone. With this experience I have learned a very important lesson, don’t ever take your parents for granted because you could easily lose them and maybe sooner then you thought. "Sinus Infection" On a Saturday morning my mom woke up with a headache saying, "This is the worst headache I've ever had

bacilli that is associated with observed disease. It was first named by the experimenters as bacterium monocytogenes and later it was categorized in to Listeria genus. After its discovery, L. Monovytogenes was found associated with neonatal sepsis and meningitis by a coincidence. In 1950, East German scientist Potel and his coworkers discovered several case of septicemia in newborn baby that have common characteristics of focal necrosis while in West Germany, scientist Seelinger found that adult suffer