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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: spinal meningitis + spinal meningitis: + meningitis  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)

Meningitis vaccinations recommended
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD -
Meningococcal disease is an inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord caused by infection with bacteria. Meningitis vaccination ...
Vaccinations against meningitis recommended Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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LSU student dies of meningitis
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - Jul 31, 2008
... is an infection of the fluid in the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Commonly called meningitis, the condition is contagious, ...
University student dies after contracting meningitis -- noon LSU The Reveille
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CDC: Meningitis vaccination a good idea for students
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL - Aug 2, 2008
By Vanda Bidwell Meningitis, an infection of fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord, is caused by viruses or bacteria. It is less severe in its viral ...
Meningitis patient still in ICU
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com, MI - Aug 1, 2008
Doctors have ruled out bacterial meningitis, the more severe form of the infection, found in the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid surrounding ...
Meningitis victim likely isolated case, officials say
2TheAdvocate, LA - Jul 31, 2008
Meningitis is the inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord, according to meningitis.org. Meningitis is usually bacterial or viral, ...
Two meningitis cases reported
Topeka Capital Journal, KS - Jul 23, 2008
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain. People sometimes refer to it as spinal meningitis. ...
District officials warn families of meningitis case
Topeka Capital Journal, KS - Jul 30, 2008
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid surrounding the brain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states ...
Rare Forms Of Meningitis More Deadly Than Viral Meningitis
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Jul 31, 2008
By inflaming the tissue surrounding the spinal cord and brain, the infection can cause epilepsy, brain swelling or bleeding, cerebral palsy, stroke, ...
Dr. Joseph LiPira
Baltimore Sun, United States - Aug 4, 2008
She was working as a nurse at the University Of Maryland Medical Center, where he was being treated for spinal meningitis. It was love at first sight, ...
Health department offers free meningitis vaccines
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - Jul 29, 2008
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Bacterial meningitis following combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labour. -
B Bouhemad, M Dounas, FJ Mercier, D Benhamou - Anaesthesia, 1998 - pt.wkhealth.com
... Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 1979; 49: 484-5. [Context Link]. 20
Liu SS, Pope A. Spinal meningitis masquerading as postdural puncture headache. ...

Meningitis after combined spinal-extradural anaesthesia in obstetrics -
M WEE - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1995 - British Jrnl Anaesthesia
... Meningitis after combined spinal?extradural anaesthesia in obstetrics Sir,?I read
with interest and with some alarm of the two case reports of meningitis ...

Meningitis following a combined spinal-epidural technique in a labouring term parturient -
M Cascio - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 1996 - Can Anes Soc
... Lee and Parry. 2 Their patient developed bacterial meningitis following
spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. In this case no ...

Post spinal meningitis and asepsis -
RLR Videira, PP Ruiz-Neto, M Brandao Neto - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2002 - Blackwell Synergy
... Full Article. Post spinal meningitis and asepsis. RLR Videira 1 ... Incidence
of post spinal meningitis. Post spinal meningitis is caused ...

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS FOLLOWING SPINAL ANAESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION -
JJ LEE, H PARRY - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1991 - British Jrnl Anaesthesia
... BACTERIAL MENINGITIS FOLLOWING SPINAL ANAESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION JJ LEE
AND H. PARRY ... Meningitis after obstetric spinal anaesthesia. ...

Streptococcus salivarius meningitis after spinal anesthesia -
JJ Laurila, PA Kostamovaara, S Alahuhta - Anesthesiology, 1998 - anesthesiology.org
... Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis after Spinal Anesthesia. [Case Reports]. ... Discussion.
Bacterial meningitis after spinal anesthesia is very rare. ...

Meningitis after obstetric spinal anaesthesia -
SP ROBERTS, HV PETTS - Anaesthesia, 1990 - Blackwell Synergy
... Berman et aLz describe another possible cause of meningitis after spinal anaesthesia. ...
7. SEIGNE TD. Aseptic meningitis following spinal analgesia. ...

Spinal meningitis masquerading as postdural puncture headache -
SS Liu, A Pope - Anesthesiology, 1996 - anesthesiology.org
December 1996, 85:6 > Spinal Meningitis Masquerading... ... Spinal Meningitis
Masquerading as Postdural Puncture Headache. [Correspondence]. ...

Meningitis--a complication of spinal anesthesia -
ME Kilpatrick - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1983 - IARS
... MF Petitjeans, MP Koulmann, MY Legulluche, MJM Rousseau, MY Diraison, and ML Brinquin
Streptococcus mitis-induced Meningitis After Spinal Anesthesia Anesth. ...

C-reactive protein in spinal fluid of children with meningitis.
CJ Corrall, JM Pepple, ER Moxon, WT Hughes - J Pediatr, 1981 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
J Pediatr. 1981 Sep;99(3):365-9. C-reactive protein in spinal fluid of children
with meningitis. Corrall CJ, Pepple JM, Moxon ER, Hughes WT. ...

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Spinal Meningitis

Spinal meningitis is an infection of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Once infection starts, it can spread rapidly through the body. Without treatment it can cause brain damage in a matter of hours and can be fatal within 24 hours.

Symptoms

In adults, symptoms include:

  • Light sensitivity
  • Drowsiness
  • Fatigue
  • Headache
  • Fever
  • Joint aches and pain
  • Muscle spasm

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  • Pain that radiates from the spine
  • Seizures
  • Stiff neck and back
  • Sweating
  • Vomiting
  • Weight loss
In children, symptoms may include:
  • A blank, staring expression
  • A dislike of being touched or handled
  • A high-pitched, moaning cry
  • Arching back
  • Fever with cold hands and feet
  • Fretfulness
  • Lethargy or difficulty waking up
  • Pale, blotchy skin color
  • Refusal to eat
  • Vomiting
  • Whimpering
When a child is affected, he or she may refuse to stand or sit because it hurts.

Causes and Risk Factors

Bacteria or a virus usually cause this condition. The infection occurs 10 days to two weeks before the symptoms appear.

Diagnosis

If bacteria are the cause, examining spinal fluid under a microscope can confirm it. The sooner the condition is diagnosed and treated the better the outcome.

Treatment

This disease needs emergency treatment in a hospital. Treatment includes intravenous or oral antibiotics with bed rest.


 
 
 
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