Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord, thereby involving the arachnoid, the pia mater and the interposed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The examination of ...

Adjunctive treatment with antiinflammatory corticosteroids like dexamethasone increases survival in tuberculosis meningitis. Dexamethasone responsiveness associates with a C/T variant in Leukotriene ...

Adult bacterial meningitis carries high mortality and neurological complications, especially from Listeria and Streptococcus ...

Radboudumc researchers Kirsten van Abeelen, Edwin Ardiansyah, Sofiati Dian, Vinod Kumar, Reinout van Crevel and Arjan van Laarhoven used metabolomics to study cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from ...

Bagged in three layers of meninges and selectively fenced off by the blood brain barrier, our central nervous system (CNS) interacts within strict limits with our immune system. Protective ...

In patients with tuberculous meningitis, high-dose rifampin yields no survival advantage over the standard dose.

Hearing impairment is the most common neurologic injury sustained by children after bacterial meningitis. Although dexamethasone has shown potential in reducing the risk for hearing impairment after ...

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