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Common causes of viral meningitis include enteroviruses, herpes viruses, the West Nile virus, mumps and influenza viruses. Bacterial meningitis can be caused by bacteria such as Streptococcus ...
"There are different types of meningitis — bacterial, viral and fungal, which is rare," Dr. Daniel Ganjian, a pediatrician at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif ...
Meningococcal meningitis is a form of bacterial meningitis. Meningitis is a disease caused by inflammation and irritation of the meninges , the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. In meningococcal meningitis this is caused by the bacteria invading the cerebrospinal fluid and circulating through the central nervous system .
Bacterial meningitis occurs in about 3 people per 100,000 annually in Western countries. Population-wide studies have shown that viral meningitis is more common, at 10.9 per 100,000, and occurs more often in the summer. In Brazil, the rate of bacterial meningitis is higher, at 45.8 per 100,000 annually. [17]
Aseptic meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges, a membrane covering the brain and spinal cord, in patients whose cerebral spinal fluid test result is negative with routine bacterial cultures. Aseptic meningitis is caused by viruses, mycobacteria, spirochetes, fungi, medications, and cancer malignancies. [1]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an urgent warning to doctors amid fears of a resurgence of a rare and invasive bacteria that can infect the brain and spinal cord.
Some of the possible symptoms of chronic meningitis (due to any cause) include headache, nausea and vomiting, fever, and visual impairment. Nuchal rigidity (or neck stiffness with discomfort in trying to move the neck), a classic symptom in acute meningitis, was seen in only 45% of cases of chronic meningitis with the sign being even more rare in non-infectious causes.
But not all causes are vaccine preventable, and treatment will depend on what germs have caused the infection, according to the MRF. Meningitis caused by bacteria requires urgent treatment with ...