Bacterial meningitis

Introduction/Background/History: Meningitis is caused by an inflammation surrounding your spinal cord and brain. The inflammation is usually caused by fluid surrounding your brain and spinal cord. It mostly occurs in children, teens, and young adults. Meningitis also affects older adults who have a weaker immune system and people in general who have illnesses that leads to a weak immune system. This is a serious illness but most of the time if the symptoms are diagnosed properly and treated correctly

affected by bacterial meningitis are infants, children, and young adults. (1,3) Neisseria meningitidis is a fast-acting bacterium that can kill the host within 6 hours of the onset of symptoms. An estimated 10% of infected persons will die from the disease even with antibiotic treatment. (4) Any disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis is classified as meningococcal and the diseases caused are meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicemia. (2) The most common cause of bacterial meningitis is Neisseria

5 Important Things to Know About Meningococcal Meningitis Meningococcal Meningitis is a serious illness that infects the thin lining, which encircles the spinal cord and brain. It could also affect the bloodstream (bacteremia or septicemia). It is a bacterial form of meningitis that spreads through transmission of respiratory droplets, such as coughing, sneezing, spiting, and kissing. This could only affect humans as no animal has been reported of the condition. The bacteria can be carried through

people don’t know this but there's more than one type of meningitis. There's actually 5; bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal and non-infectious and each of these are classified by the cause of the disease. Even though they are different types of meningitis, all 5 of these types are life threatening and as most people know, what this disease is, is inflammation of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Although meningitis is mostly caused by a bacteria or a virus, it can also

have heard about meningitis but they are not exactly sure what it is. According to the Center for Disease Control, Meningitis is a disease caused by the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord known as the meninges. The inflammation is usually caused by an infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It is most common in children although, it can attack people of all ages. In 1805, “ Vieusseux first discovered Meningococcal meningitis during an outbreak

Samantha Lapierre Ms. Mischke Biology Meningitis Research What is the history of the disease, where was it first discovered? Meningitis is a disease that was first described in ancient texts. The ancient god, Hippocrates described Meningitis in his ancient works. The first recorded outbreak was in Geneva in 1805. Gaspard Vieusseux provided the first clinical description of the disease. Although, the first connection of the disease is by Austrian man, Anton Vaykselbaum, who was the first person

Meningitis is inflammation of the meninges of the brain and/or spinal cord. There are five types of meningitis: bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, and non-infectious. Meningitis is more often seen in children and acute bacterial meningitis can be fatal if not treated in the early stages. Five types of pathogens - E. coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Haemophilus influenza type b and group b streptococcus - have previously been reported as the top causes of meningitis. From

Meningitis instantly can strike and the impact of that strike can forever last a lifetime.  Meningitis is the inflammation and infection of the meninges that surround your brain and spinal cord.  This infection, which can be bacterial, viral or fungal can be very serious and can cause prolonged effects.  One such effect is hearing loss, profound hearing loss.  Meningitis is a dangerous infection because the brain is so delicate.  The history of meningitis was first heard of in Geneva in 1805.   In

on the phone with her talking about her roommate at Elizabethtown College. It turns out that her roommate, Jocelyn has been diagnosed with Meningitis. •     Meningitis is a dangerous infection that can cause the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord to swell. There are two types of Meningitis. The most common type of Meningitis is caused by a virus. Viral

disease was later determined to be meningitis. In 1806, the United States saw its first outbreak of meningitis in Massachusetts. It was not until 1887, however, that Professor Anton Weichselbaum was able to determine a cause of meningitis: a bacterium called Neisseria meningitides. Penicillin was first used to combat meningitis in 1944, and in 1978, a vaccine became available. The usage of vaccines was detrimental in the battle to gain control over the spread of meningitis (7). Even with these vaccines